Word: tanaka
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...feel things are beginning to move. I have a gut instinct about it," says Shizue Tanaka, whose family runs Tanakatei, an upscale restaurant in Tokyo's posh Akasaka area. Tanaka's sentiments are now shared by most influential businessmen: a quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan, which tracks the mood in boardrooms, recently reported the first upturn in business optimism in five years. "The possibility is strong that the economy has moved one step toward recovery," says Bank of Japan governor Yasushi Mieno. "But we must carefully watch the sustainability and tempo of the upturn...
...being turfed from office is provoking talk of splits within the L.D.P. as anxious politicians begin shopping for new homes. Socialists are also looking for new patrons, and no one expects the dust to settle until after the next election. "The July election was a curtain closing," says Shusei Tanaka, a close Hosokawa adviser and a Diet member of the Sakigake, a small liberal party that broke from the L.D.P. to join the ruling coalition. "The next election will be a curtain raising. Right now we are setting the stage...
Sometimes, writing to friends on e-mail can turn into an over-utilized procrastination game. Laurie Tanaka '96, of Winthrop House, admits she checks her messages "a little too often to get my work done...
...club, which was founded two years ago by Kaz Tanaka '93 and Atsushi Toyonaga, a fellow at the Center for International Affairs, used the grant from the New York branch of the Longterm Credit Bank to buy 12 sets of armor...
...political organizations. He also admitted that Recruit bought more than $570,000 worth of tickets to two fund-raisers held for him in Tokyo and Iwate prefecture in May 1987. Such contributions are not illegal, but these may have exceeded legal limits imposed after the Tanaka scandal...