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...chaotic days following the end of World War II, Hiromu Nonaka went to work for the sales department of the Osaka railway. The man who may become Japan's next Prime Minister impressed his bosses so much that they made him a supervisor. Then one night Nonaka overheard a worker say something so upsetting that he quit his job. Bitter and determined, he returned to his hometown of Sonobe, where he ran for a seat on the town council, beginning a remarkable political career that has taken him to the inner circle of Japan's political Elite. What...
...fighting this battle longer than most Asian countries and has never been able to eradicate or even seriously dent its methamphetamine culture. "The Japanese like stimulants because it suits their hard-working character," explains Yamada. Certainly, today, amphetamines are more widely available in districts like Tokyo's Shinjuku or Osaka's Nishinari than ever before...
...part of a campaign to buttress Beijing's bid to host the summer Olympic Games in 2008. The effort reaches a crucial point this week when delegates from the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) visit the capital for four days to compare it against rival cities Paris, Toronto, Istanbul and Osaka. The violence and pyrotechnics might have sent a mixed message, but Beijing has clearly learned a lesson from a failed Olympic-hosting bid in 1993, when it made little effort to court international opinion and acted as if the Games were a gimme. This time around, city officials have downplayed...
...young men who turn up every week on Reiji's doorstep begging for jobs. Working as a male host still carries seedy connotations, but the recession has led them to seek out unusual career paths. Katsumasa Tanaka, 26, was a salaried worker at an auto-parts company in Osaka until earlier this year. The slender six-footer with Chiclet teeth came to Tokyo with dreams of singing and acting. After auditioning for a role in a movie about male hosts, he decided he could be one himself. Though top hosts can earn well into six figures, Tanaka is happy with...
...stolen" from George Harrison, in 1988. DIED. JULIA PHILLIPS, 57, Oscar-winning producer of The Sting and Taxi Driver and author of the New York Times bestseller You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again; in Los Angeles (see Eulogy). DIED. TAKAHASHI ASAHINA, 93, musical director of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra; in Kobe. Asahina received Japan's prestigious Order of Culture in 1994, becoming only the second classical musician to be given the government award. DIED. GUIDO DI TELLA, 71, former Foreign Minister of Argentina who mended relations with Britain after the 1982 Falkland Islands war; in Buenos Aires...