Word: toba
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...rare catches are cut and cleaned by pensioners who work part-time, as the young migrate away, leaving no one to whom the aging whalers can pass on their skills. "The industry here will die out if the ban stays in place," says Katsuya Yusa, executive director of Toba Whaling, a local company that's been hunting the animals for decades. "If we were allowed to take 50 minke whales a year, that's all we'd need to support ourselves...
...make life easier. There are English, Mandarin and Korean versions of the device, each featuring a voice translator, free local calls, unlimited Internet access and sightseeing information. "Many overseas tourists are in trouble with verbal communications in Japan, and public transportation is overly complicated," says ministry spokesman Asao Toba. "Tourists would prefer having an all-in-one device rather than books, maps and mobile phones." The gadget could be a real boon if something gets lost in translation - like the location of that elusive Roppongi nightclub or Tsukiji sushi house. To sign up for the trial, apply online at www.narita-airport.jp...
...Many overseas tourists are in trouble with verbal communications in Japan, and public transportation is overly complicated," says ministry spokesman Asao Toba. "Tourists would prefer having an all-in-one device rather than books, maps and mobile phones." The gadget could be a real boon if something gets lost in translation?like the location of that elusive Roppongi nightclub or Tsukiji sushi house. To sign up for the trial, apply online at www.narita-airport.jp/e-navi. You then collect your PDA upon arrival at Narita...
...Sony declines to say if AIBO (which means "partner" in Japanese) has proved profitable. But there seems to be real demand for robot pets, judging by the AIBO owners clubs springing up in the U.S. and Japan. Sayuri Toba, a thirtysomething medical clerk in Tokyo, says she and her husband splurged on an AIBO named Hal two years ago. She looks back nostalgically on Hal's first day as a member of the family: "I was so happy. I felt like I was looking at a new being." She still plays with Hal every day after work?it can chase...
...that Karzai once was in Oruzgan - he was rescued from a Taliban ambush six weeks back by U.S. choppers - but there are some doubts that he's still there. One reliable Pakistani tribal elder told TIME that Karzai is making his sat-phone broadcasts from a secluded house in Toba Achakzai, a village on the safe side of the Pakistan-Afghan border - and several hundred miles from Oruzgan. "Karzai and his men - these are not fighting people," says Malik Sarwar Khan Kakar, the tribal elder...