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...JOCV), which since 1965 has dispatched more than 30,000 people to do good in 70-plus countries. Today, the bulk of volunteers are women or older Japanese who are searching for meaning in their postretirement lives. Most contribute in fields that seem typically Japanese: planting stronger strains of rice, running environmental-training programs, teaching high school math and science. Chiyoko Ichishima, 33, helps female villagers near the Ugandan capital of Kampala build a local craft trade. "When Ugandans think of Japan, they immediately think of cars and other high-tech stuff," she says. "But as a Japanese...
...Larry Summers, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice burgers were recently removed...
...year has taken a big bite out of the company's profitability. Cost inflation of close to 10% in 2008 means each bag of chips has cost Pepsi more to produce, even as belt-tightening consumers resist paying more for their food. Earlier this year, skyrocketing prices for corn, rice, wheat, vegetable oils and other key ingredients further added to core expenses, shrinking Pepsi's margins. Even packaging and delivery costs have risen. In response, CEO Indra Nooyi recently announced that the company would lay off 3,300 of its 185,000 workers and close six manufacturing plants, after failing...
...beef there was chicken, pork, tofu, and even deluxe Wagyu beef—and an array of appetizers, soups, sides, and noodle dishes, all at attractive prices. The four of us at my table ordered a couple rounds of steamed chicken dumplings, summer rolls, a beef shabu dinner with rice vermicelli, a pork dinner with udon, a noodle dish called simply Yum Yum, and two orders of sashimi. Things were looking up, we were excited, and then the waitress returned to say that they were out of sashimi. Totally. All of it. Shabu Square has only been open...
...unjustly ignored travel destination. Bewildering Seoul boasts dramatic mountains, spicy street food and gorgeous royal palaces. Beyond the capital - where almost half the country lives - South Korea has arty port cities like Busan and cultural centers like Gwangju. And anywhere in the country you can get soju - the potent rice wine that will enable you to forget the recession, along with everything else. (See 10 things to do in Seoul...