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...party colleagues can be expected to play shamelessly on the stricken leader's image to generate a sympathy vote while making critics of the Obuchi government's record look insensitive. In his first press conference last week, Mori repeatedly invoked the name of his longtime friend and former Waseda University classmate. "I feel like I can hear the voice of Prime Minister Obuchi from his bed, saying 'I trust you, so do it well,'" Mori told reporters...
Though Mori was known as a skilled debater at Waseda, he has lately distinguished himself more for loose lips than silver-tongued oratory. For example, he has inelegantly described Osaka as a "spittoon" and "a dirty city that thinks only about making money." Last January, reflecting on the difficulties of campaigning in enemy territory, he said that "all the farmers in the field ran away as if someone with AIDS was knocking on their door." In February, he asserted that the Americans had all "bought guns" in preparation for the Y2K bug "because when electrical power fails...
Enter Idei, the man who made Digital Dreams the mantra of Sony's revival. The golf-loving son of an economics professor, Idei is a Sony lifer who started in 1960, straight out of Tokyo's prestigious Waseda University. Waves of surprise rippled through the company when Idei was tapped for the top job in April 1995. He leapfrogged a dozen more senior managers, accomplished executives with nicknames like "Mr. Walkman," "Mr. Semiconductor" and "Mr. Camcorder," for their roles in Sony's engineering triumphs. Idei was quite different. He studied European history in college. He's fluent in French...
...inspired by Morita, who years ago foresaw the integration of entertainment electronics hardware and software. Like Morita, Idei is cosmopolitan, speaking fluent English and French and favoring stylish suits. As a youth he dreamed of becoming a violinist but gave that up to major in economics at Tokyo's Waseda University. Idei is now Sony's guru, instructing engineers--his Digital Dream Kids--in the art of merging home electronics with information technology. "We're going to make the home much more exciting," Idei predicts...
Harvard also hosted the first-ever Japanese football game in America, a 1993 game between Keio University and Waseda University...