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...world's most influential person in 2008, according to TIME.com voters, is Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto topped the poll with an influence rating of 72 from 1,829,710 overall votes. (Finalists are rated from 1 for least influential to 100 for most influential; users can vote as often as they like.) The 2007 winner Rain finished second with an influence rating of 68 from 1,491,910 votes, while Colbert came in a distant third with a 65 rating from 853,004. (Click here for complete results...
...fact, the majority of Japanese oppose the country's naval mission. Yet Aso and Fukuda, like Abe, both support extending Japanese refueling, and they have other things in common. Their family political DNA runs deep. Aso's grandfather was Shigeru Yoshida, a China-bashing leader who called for Japan to rely on American military protection so it could focus on developing an export-led economy. Fast-forward half a century and Aso, a former Foreign Minister, staunchly supports the U.S.-Japan security alliance, while antagonizing China by defending visits of Japanese statesmen to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals...
...firm Bilcom, for example, must spend a weekend making a three-minute digital slide show that shares a most moving personal experience. One worker revealed how 9/11 changed his career outlook; another talked about how she drew strength from a gay classmate who came out in college. President Shigeru Ota says the presentations are designed to "create a new type of family company [by] sharing life history ... delight, anger, sorrow and pleasure...
...firm Bilcom, for example, must spend a weekend making a three-minute digital slide show sharing their most moving personal experiences. One worker revealed how 9/11 changed his career outlook; another talked about how she drew strength from a gay classmate who came out in college. Company president Shigeru Ota says the presentations are designed to "create a new type of family company [by] sharing life history ... delight, anger, sorrow and pleasure...
TIME's interview with the gaming guru continues on Time.com. Read these extra questions with Shigeru Miyamoto...