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...music and bound for Japan this summer, then you're in luck. Between now and September, four major festivals will take place, with stellar lineups of mainly international talent. The most impressive bill belongs to the inaugural Rock Odyssey (www.udo.co.jp/odyssey). Held simultaneously from July 24-25 at the Yokohama Arena and Osaka Dome, the show features Aerosmith, the Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lenny Kravitz. Following hot on its heels is the progenitor of Japan's alternative-music festival scene, the Fuji Rock Festival (fujirockfestival.com), from July 30-Aug. 1. This year, it will showcase nearly a hundred...
...best. Sometimes it's a matter of pure luck. Kelly Stratman's parents were in Tokyo for a week, and to keep them entertained, she and her husband, Stephen, transformed themselves into tour-guide extraordinaires. They planned visits to the Meiji Shrine, Kamakura's Great Buddha and the Yokohama waterfront, rented a car for an overnight trip to the Izu peninsula, and even scheduled a New Year's Day viewing of the Emperor at his palace...
...Stratman's parents were unimpressed. Stephen recalls, "We might as well have been giving a tour of a dentist's waiting room." Then, two days before departure, Kelly's mother chanced upon the New Year sales at a Yokohama shopping mall, where discounts were as high as 80%. "She immediately lit up," says Stephen. By the next day, the family had canceled their original plans and decided to spend their last day together scouring for bargains. Mom had finally found her element, and the Stratmans had learned a vital lesson: gear your parents' itinerary to their preferences, regardless of what...
Intellectualism, whether focused on art or commerce, is a defining characteristic of the Mori clan. Minoru and Akira's father Taikichiro Mori, the founder of what is now Mori Building, was originally a professor of business in Yokohama, Japan. But seeing how land prices had fallen to absurdly low levels after World War II, Taikichiro began buying lots in central Tokyo, where the family had been tobacconists and rice merchants for generations. With the assistance of his second son, Minoru, and third son, Akira, now 67, Taikichiro built Mori Building into one of Japan's most successful real estate--management...
...imagine how a band of discontented Iraqis might target, say, an Asian medic or aid worker as a substitute for an American soldier. "The kidnapping [of the Japanese] is an attack on the U.S.-led coalition," says Chiharu Takenaka, a professor of international politics at Meiji Gakuin University in Yokohama. "They know that America is too strong for them to deal with, so they're cutting off the weakest link...