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...doomed warrior with nothing left but his honor. He's at it again in his new film, this time as a World War II Japanese officer mounting a last stand against American troops in the critically acclaimed Letters From Iwo Jima. Watanabe, 47, spoke with Time's Michiko Toyama about his role, what it was like working with director Clint Eastwood, and the challenges of being true to the horrors...
...cutting initiative that squeezed suppliers and saved nearly $10 billion over five years, Watanabe, 63, takes charge at a time when Toyota (2004 sales: 7.5 million vehicles) is on track to eclipse General Motors as the world's largest carmaker. He spoke to TIME's WILLIAM GREEN and MICHIKO TOYAMA at his company's headquarters in Toyota City, Japan...
...Sukiyaki song) to muster courage. At one point, the water rose to stomach level. (All were safely rescued by helicopter and boat on Thursday morning.) Also stranded were 167 people aboard the Kaiwo Maru, a sail-powered merchant-marine training ship that ran aground in the waters off Toyama, 255 km northwest of Tokyo. Awaiting rescue, some of the midshipmen dangled dramatically from the masts of the vessel...
Reported by Kate Betts, Sarah Raper Larenaudie, Camilla Morton, Nadia Mustafa, Kate Novack, Josh Patner, Michiko Toyama, Rebecca Winters and Kristina Zimbalist
...first mass-market petroleum-electric hybrid car. A hybrid SUV is scheduled for release this fall. "Any carmaker who says hybrid cars can't be profitable," Okuda muses, "I would tell them to start looking for a new line of work." --By Jim Frederick. With reporting by Michiko Toyama...