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...space on the first floor, students could present their work and academics could teach by showing, Sekler described. “It’s the kind of studio space that any creative person can walk into and mess up the canvas and try things,” said Yoshiaki Shimizu ’63, now an art history professor at Princeton University. There was room to fool around. “The Carpenter Center,” said Szanton, “is 40 times the size of our two little rooms in Dudley House...
...baby-making machines." The minister quickly apologized, but Abe's critics seized on the incident-and on Abe's refusal to fire Yanagisawa-as evidence that the administration can't handle the demographic issue. "The Health Ministry deals with grave fundamental social issues like the decreasing population," says Yoshiaki Takaki, the DPJ's Diet policy chief. "We cannot accept that it is headed by someone who has demonstrated a complete lack of respect for people...
...protest, the opposition parties have begun to boycott budget sessions in the Diet legislature. "We cannot accept that the ministry that deals with grave social issues like decreasing population is headed by someone who has demonstrated a complete lack of respect for the people," says Yoshiaki Takaki, head of the Diet policy committee for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan...
...government influence than U.S. or European central bankers. Complicating matters is a scandal over Fukui's personal finances that could further weaken his ability to withstand political pressure. Fukui has been in the hot seat since revelations last month that he invested in a fund run by shareholder activist Yoshiaki Murakami, who recently admitted to insider trading. Although Fukui made the investment in 1999 when he was working in the private sector, and the BOJ had no regulations for incoming officers to put their assets in a blind trust, he has apologized for his bad judgment and vowed to give...
...ARRESTED. Yoshiaki Murakami, 46, outspoken Japanese fund manager and corporate raider; on charges of insider trading; in Tokyo. Known for his confrontational attitude and Western-style shareholder activism, Murakami is accused of making over $26 million by buying shares of media firm Nippon Broadcasting System, allegedly with the knowledge that it was the target of a takeover bid by Internet company Livedoor. In a televised news conference last week, Murakami said that he "didn't mean to break the law," noting that while he had "heard" about the bid, he didn't believe Livedoor would carry it out. If convicted...