Word: takeo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three types of vehicles. There is no shortage of designs--but many may never be built. Even Japan's JAMSTEC, whose constantly growing research budget is reasonably secure for now, has its limitations. In the event of a severe economic slump, says Takeo Tanaka, a planning official for the agency, "we may not be able to get funding for new deep-sea probes." France has no plans to build more manned submersibles--and in fact may ask for support from other European Union countries to help subsidize its own program, turning a national effort into a consortium much like...
...quickly after the subway gas attack that killed 10 and injured 5,500, struck at the very symbol of social stability in Japan. Not since the Japanese Red Army terrorized the country in the early 1970s has there been such a brazen challenge to authority in postwar Japan. Says Takeo Mori, professor of criminal psychology at Senshu University: "Anyone can do it anytime, and therein lies the fear...
Last summer Motorola again protested the slow pace, leading the White House back to bargaining with Japan. The U.S. wants guarantees that the new system will be up two years earlier than IDO's projected completion date in March 1997. In the view of IDO president Takeo Tsukada, that would lead his still unprofitable company to "certain bankruptcy." Motorola says anything less would keep it out of the cellular boom expected to start in April, when new regulations permit Japanese consumers to own phones instead of just renting them. Tokyo, meanwhile, insists that the remaining tangles are just a business...
...Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita and L.D.P. kingmaker Shin Kanemaru are related through the marriage of their children. Former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, a son of a parliamentarian, is married to the daughter of former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. In the upcoming elections, the sons of former Prime Ministers Takeo Fukuda and Zenko Suzuki hope to succeed their fathers in the Diet...