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...Takeshi Yasuka, Japan's ambassador to the United States, will present $1 million to Harvard University today in support of the planned institute for Japanese studies...
Whether in a big city or small town, the country's 69,000 private clinics are remarkably alike. In Tokyo, Dr. Takeshi Ito (not his real name), an internist who calls himself a child specialist, owns and runs a one-room clinic with a cubbyhole dispensary. Ito sees about 60 patients during each long clinic day, visiting a few bedridden patients at home in the afternoon. At night, relaxing with his hi-fi and a bottle of Scotch, Ito wonders aloud whether he can call himself "a true disciple of this noble science of medicine." He provides...
...supposed to be wary," said ADB President Takeshi Watanabe, "about getting involved in projects in the three states of what used to be called, and is now being so called once more, Indochina. Some translate wary as 'no.' My dictionary suggests a better definition: 'cautious...
...sought to prove its own stability in an area of economic turmoil. Its funds - partly kept on demand in 44 world banks-- earned interest of $4.5 million in 1967 while a multitude of possible investments were being cautiously evaluated. "We are new boys in this business," says Bank President Takeshi Watanabe, 62, of Japan, "and we must be sure of what we are doing...
...TIME Essay, Feb. 3), which do not commit Japan to an aggressive foreign policy but will probably involve the country with its Asian neighbors. One organization in which Japan already has a stake is the Manila-based Asian Development Bank, whose first president is a former government finance adviser, Takeshi Watanabe, 60. With its $200 million funding toward the 32-nation bank's $1 billion capitalization, Japan matched the U.S. contribution. Said Sato: "A cornerstone is now being laid by all of us to establish a new era in Asia...