Word: taisho
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which holds a major position in the Japanese mining industry, has 28 subsidiaries. They get their mining and transportation equipment from Mitsui firms, send their mined minerals to Mitsui manufacturers. Manufactured products are handled by Mitsui trading firms, stored in Mitsui warehouses, transported by Mitsui shipping. Mitsui's Taisho Marine & Fire Insurance covers any damage, and the whole operation is financed through the Mitsui Bank...
Outstanding current soap operas in Japan are Himawari Musume (Sunflower Maiden), about a teen-ager who has just got an office job and is spatting with her mother over unchaperoned dates; Saku-ranbo Taisho (General Cherry), a war orphan who was in hot water last week because he made fun of the school principal's bald head; and the liveliest of the lot, Eriko To Tomo Ni (Together with Eriko), starring 26-year-old Michiko...