These include Miki Tanikawa's revealing online discussions with Japanese kids in an Internet chat room, where they poured out their fears and hopes with a frankness not possible in a face-to-face conversation.
The prestigious 3, 690-room Caesars Palace is in the process of transforming one of its existing hotel towers into the The Nobu Hotel, a Japanese-themed, 81-room boutique hotel designed by architect David Rockwell.
Such elaborate room for maneuver is something Japanese decision-makers can only wish for.
In your room, you read a Japanese version of the Miranda Act: the elaborate set of ryokan do's and don'ts.
Nearby, the new 240-room Okura Prestige Bangkok oozes Japanese style and elegance, from its chic brown marble, wood- and copper-trimmed lobby to its dramatic rooftop infinity pool.
Japanese experts will be present in the Russian control room that brings down Mir.
In real terms, adjusted for consumer-price inflation, interest rates are already negative: for the first time since the mid-1970s. (Though using a different measure of inflation, they are still positive, just.) Although the context is very different, some commentators are already noting that the Bank of Japan has, for a prolonged period, had virtually no room for manoeuvre on monetary policy because Japanese interest rates have been negative for so long.
"Hyundai has to realize that the domestics are not going to make room for them like they did for the Japanese, " warns industry consultant Maryann Keller.
The result is very modern, particularly toward the back of the home: The dining room opens to the midcentury-modern and Japanese-influenced wood-and-steel kitchen, where double-panel cabinet doors are made from laser-cut steel and feature an abstract design modeled after a historic map of the neighborhood.
Another project included a Tatami room in a Boston penthouse and a master bathroom suite with a Japanese soaking tub space.
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Our dining room was about the size of a gymnasium, a quarter of it already occupied by other Japanese.
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