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...longer than 61/2 minutes to drift off. Of course it might take a little longer to do that in a concert hall. "The original idea was to put out beds for the audience so they could completely relax, but we couldn't find the right venue," says organizer Yutaka Nezu. But happily some seats will be available with pillows and blankets. Book them quick on tel: (81-3) 3498 9999. Lots of tired Tokyoites will be vying for them...
...which controls the lower house, and the DPJ, whose members won a surprise majority in the upper house in elections last July. With Fukui's departure looming, politicians have been unable to reach agreement on a successor, with some DPJ lawmakers saying they prefer former deputy Central Bank governor Yutaka Yamaguchi. Business leader Mikio Wakatsuki, chairman of AXA Life Insurance of Japan, told reporters this week that it was "a national disgrace that this issue remains unresolved...
...unlike the hapless BoSox, still struggling for their first World Series victory since selling Babe Ruth after their 1918 championship, Topjian found a way to Fenway. Despite overcast skies and a light drizzle, FM escorted Topjian and his language exchange partner, a 39-year-old Japanese professor named Yutaka Suga, to Fenway Park for the May 24 Sox-Cleveland Indians matchup...
...During Bush's visit, Japanese auto companies promised to double their purchase of American auto parts to $19 billion by 1994. But they are reluctant to extend assistance to U.S. makers trying to sell American cars. "The Americans themselves have done little to penetrate our market," says Nissan president Yutaka Kume. "They must try harder." Beyond that, Kume would not mind if Americans like Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, whose comments about Japanese honesty and fairness Kume calls "outrageous and insulting," would cease their verbal assaults and get on with selling cars...
...last week that his company would redesign some of its models for the Japanese market and be ready to sell them later this year. Then there is the question of quality -- something the Japanese are usually too polite to mention in public. During last week's talks, Nissan president Yutaka Kume brushed aside the suggestion that he and his colleagues had agreed to buy American auto parts out of "charity." That, said Kume, "would be too arrogant." But privately a Nissan official conceded that the buying plan was "an act of goodwill...