Word: okada
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...rape case involving a 12-year-old girl, and a U.S. helicopter crash in 2004 at a Ginowan university campus. Sunday's protest followed another on Saturday, when 2,000 demonstrated in the town of Kadena, near Ginowan, to oppose the proposal made by Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada to merge Futenma with the Kadena air base...
...tank. "But I do not think there is any disagreement within the Administration about the critical importance of moving forward with the Okinawa realignment agreement." Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell has also stressed the importance of resolving the issue with Foreign Minister Okada and Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa...
...Keiji Okada, a playwright and composer who has authored many works for Takarazuka, says that the company is about to take a "modern and futuristic" turn. Stage sets will emphasize "sharp, metallic and powerful colors and lines." Sources of inspiration are also widening: one recent production was based on the Capcom video game Phoenix Wright...
...Okada says he intends to steer Takarazuka toward more Asian stories, especially Chinese and Korean ones. "Not Christian, but Buddhist. Maybe even John Woo," he says. The mind strains to contemplate a Takarazuka production of something like Woo's historical epic Red Cliff. But you'd be amazed at what can be done with 400 women, gorgeously lit pastel scenery and a ton of glitter...
...Professor Masahiko Okada of Niigata University School of Medicine questions the hype around the banana diet. The human body has three essential nutrients - carbohydrates, fat and protein -, he says, and "the golden rule is to balance these three nutrients and a daily calorie intake. Once you understand that, you don't have to be swayed by the fad diet any more, whether it is a konnyaku (alimentary yam paste) or a banana diet." But a nation prone to dieting fads often ignores such sober advice...