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...Bull” Halsey, was “the largest, most powerful fleet of warships ever assembled.” Not only did Halsey have the upper-hand on the high seas, but he dominated the air as well, with 1,000 warplanes at his disposal. (His rival, Admiral Takeo Kurita, had none.) In short, it should have been a blowout, not a battle...
...fair to say that environmentalism is existential at Honda. "We are car producers," says Takeo Fukui, Honda's CEO. "As long as we're doing business producing cars, we need to resolve the environmental problems that arise from what we produce...
...consider the emperor the spiritual center of Japan, and they fought hard against the possibility of an Empress: 170 Diet members signed a cross-party petition against the new law, and other opponents included the conservative Chief Cabinet Secretary - and likely future Prime Minister - Shinzo Abe. Former Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma's xenophobic comments were typical: "If Aiko becomes the reigning empress and gets involved with a blue-eyed foreigner while studying abroad and marries him, their child may become emperor," he said in February. "We should never let that happen...
...delay" should investment become rampant. Those fears may be coming to pass. Last week's much-watched Tankan business-sentiment survey indicated that Japan's largest companies plan to increase investment at the quickest pace in 16 years. "The Tankan survey showed the economic climate is slightly overheated," says Takeo Okuhara, a bond strategist at Daiwa Institute of Research. "The current financial policy is so accommodative, it's better to pull back soon...
...FASTING ARINA, JAPAN This weight-loss resort, tel: (81-26) 267 7608, is located in Nagano, and mountain scenery is all you're likely to feast on. Resort president Takeo Hayashi says visitors "do nothing"?except let their organs get some well-earned rest...