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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Feb 27, 2000

Muazaz Kasrawi and Maria Edileuza Reis

Two ladies from countries across the world from each other have come together as cochairwomen for this year's Cherry Blossom Charity Ball. The ball with its featured raffle is a major fundraising event organized each year by the International Ladies Benevolent Society. Money raised is donated directly to approved institutions in Japan and overseas, and to deserving non-Japanese.

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Feb 20, 2000

Roberto E. Wirth

Above the Spanish Steps, commanding an incomparable panorama of eternal Rome, stands the opulent Hotel Hassler. The Wirth family, coproprietors of the Hassler since 1916, became sole proprietors in 1964, when the hotel approached 80 years of age and fame. Roberto E. Wirth, today's president and general manager of Hassler Roma S.R.L., is the fifth-generation hotelier of the Swiss family Wirth. Outstanding in capacity and achievement, he has received several awards and honors, is a sportsman, and is a connoisseur of sculpture and painting. He was born profoundly deaf.

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Feb 13, 2000

The warmth and blue skies of Italy and the sunshine and freshness of Australia make a winning combination. These elements come together in Nicola Cerrone, young, winsome and friendly.

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Feb 6, 2000

To be billed as Japan's only foreign sake brewer conveys a claim unusually intriguing. Even the man in question, Philip Harper, expresses some surprise at the way things have gone for him as he gets close to achieving the status of master brewer in Japan.

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Jan 30, 2000

To answer the question what is bioethics, professor Rihito Kimura wrote a book and more than a hundred articles. "It is a huge subject," he said. "Many people think its focus is on medical issues, but it is much wider than that. It has ethical, legal and social implications too, in an environmental context. All of the components relate to life and death, and before life and after death."

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Jan 23, 2000

Amongst many distinctions of different kinds, Tokyo has one that merits affectionate attention. Tokyo hosts the only Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Asia.

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Jan 16, 2000

Masayuki Kurokawa

At the recent Art of Dining Exhibition sponsored by Refugees International-Japan, Masayuki Kurokawa and his wife, Taki Katoh, cooperated in presenting a table setting profoundly and strikingly simple. It symbolized, they said, "the harmonization of natural and man-made phenomena."

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE

Jan 9, 2000

M.S. Swaminathan

In August, a special double issue of Time magazine selected professor M.S. Swaminathan of India as one of the most influential Asians of the 20th century. The magazine called him a "green revolutionary . . . who helped half a world get enough to eat."

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.

The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores

By Alex K.T. Martin

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Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass

Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glass

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