Word: takatoshi
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...Takatoshi Imada of Tokyo's Institute of Technology, Value and Decision Science sees hime-kei as a response to an unsatisfying way of life. "The hime-kei girls removed the borders between the virtual and real worlds," says Imada, who believes the phenomenon is rooted in a rejection of the goals of advancement through hard work in an ailing market economy. "They longed for a different form of self-expression and sought a more meaningful way of life." Searching for meaning through the fashions of a doomed European aristocracy may be a form of protest against a business-driven contemporary...
...surprisingly persistent cleanup efforts, many observers believe nationalization is a foregone conclusion for the weakest banks. "I don't see any way out," says Mitsuhiro Fukao, a professor of economics at Keio University, Tokyo, and reportedly a candidate to become governor of the Bank of Japan in March. Says Takatoshi Ito, a former Finance Ministry official and fellow contender for the Bank of Japan job: "This has been going on for some time, but the momentum for crisis is building." A turning point in Japan's intractable financial mess may, for better or worse, finally be at hand...
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