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...lookout for her pet (it was found), lent the penniless youth 560 yen ($2.33) from a special emergency fund in exchange for a signed IOU (four out of five such loans are repaid) and radioed for a patrol car to break up the marital battle. Said Sergeant Shigeo Takahashi, grinning with satisfaction: "You stand here for a quarter of an hour, and you can do as deep a study of life as is possible...
...Tokyo park is making its debut during the 60th anniversary year of the founding of Walt Disney Studios, and at a time designated by the United Nations as World Communications Year. To the chairman of Oriental Land, affable Masatomo Takahashi, 69, that seems fitting. The park, says he, "should serve as another bridge for mutual understanding between the U.S. and Japan." And between the U.S. and all of Asia. Mickey Mouse is likely to be greeting folks from all over the Pacific basin, as tourists flock to Tokyo Bay. Like his U.S. counterparts, the Japanese Mickey is instructed never...
...typical programmed celebration was the recent wedding of Koji Takahashi, 26, an architect, to Kazuko Hasegawa, 23, at Meiji Memorial Hall, Tokyo's most prestigious marriage parlor. After the simple Shinto ceremony, capped by a sip of ritual sake, the groom, in cutaway coat and silk tie, and the bride, in a dazzling kimono, sat down with their 125 guests to consume a banquet, including lobster salad and ice cream. The master of ceremonies introduced important people from the couple's life-parents, teachers, bosses and friends. The guests offered presents. The current favored gift in Japan...
...workers trust their bosses to make the right decisions because there is a pervasive sense that both labor and management are working together. In Japanese companies, as a general rule, managers rise from within the corporate ranks, adding to the feeling of camaraderie and shared experience. Says Yoichi Takahashi, head of Hitachi's 70,000-strong labor union: "Everything depends on dialogue and trust. What is good for the company is good for the union. The workers know that their labor is what makes the company prosperous." Adds Noboru Yoshii, a senior adviser of Sony Corp.: "There is little...
Clarinet and Violin Recital--John Cohler and Fudeko Takahashi, Paine Hall...