Word: shizuoka
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Toshi Kubota always had a little bit of soul. Growing up in Japan's rural Shizuoka prefecture, where his parents still run a store near Mount Fuji, he watched Soul Train and, despite poor radio reception, strained to hear stations that played rhythm and blues...
...these people, heritage and culture are something to be packaged and marketed. The English have the unfortunate knack of preserving those aspects of their heritage that should be consigned to history while discarding what should be preserved. A ban on fox hunting may reverse that trend. JON FYNE Shizuoka, Japan...
...disappearing. The U.S. government should help the region by bringing more democracy, more liberty and more peace, not by selling weapons that can lead to more violence and an arms race. I hope the U.S. will be guided not by profit motives but by higher ideals. HIROYUKI ANDO Shizuoka, Japan...
...that we are independent from politicians. Even though the country has had four Prime Ministers in three years, we've seen little change in our life. Most Japanese are laid back and say, "Who cares about the Prime Minister or the ruling party? Everything stays the same." KEIKO KIKAWADA Shizuoka, Japan...
Nonetheless, serious questions remain. Though Japanese cities already have underground shopping malls and parking garages, their depth and size have been strictly limited by law. The reason: a devastating fire in an underground shopping mall in Shizuoka that killed 15 people in 1980. Subterranean structures are resistant to earthquakes and water leaks but generally vulnerable to fire and smoke. Architects believe they can beat the problem with sophisticated sensor systems to warn of fires and temporary shelters in which the inside air pressure is kept slightly higher than normal to repel smoke...