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Vivienne Kenrick
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Apr 14, 2007
Yura Alaiti Yusuf
This coming Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. the annual Asia-Pacific Festival and Charity Bazaar is scheduled to be held in the ANA Hotel, Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Apr 7, 2007
Pamela Bodle
The Yokohama International Women's Club is holding its 52nd Azalea Tea from 10:30 a.m. on April 19 at the Hotel New Grand Yokohama.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 31, 2007
Patricia Cardenas
Patricia Cardenas, ambassador of Colombia, is chairperson of this year's Cherry Blossom Charity Ball. The International Ladies Benevolent Society's annual fund-raiser will be held April 13 at the Hotel Okura.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 24, 2007
Chandru G. Advani
This is the India Year in Japan 2007 and the Japan Year in India 2007. It is a significant time for every enterprise interested in the flow of information, goods and people between the two countries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 17, 2007
Brian S. McElney
The UNESCO designation of World Heritage sites is given to only a few selected cities. Bath in southwest England has the designation. Although it is called one of the best preserved 18th-century cities in the world, its origins go much further back in time.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 10, 2007
Bernard Krisher
One interviewer called him "a mobile office." Others called him "a pusher, a hyperactive bundle of energy and ideas, a class act." Magazines referred to him as "a Japanese institution," and "a one-man United Nations."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 3, 2007
Walter Roberts
His father asked him, when he was about 5 years old, what he wanted to be when he grew up. The little boy Walter Roberts replied, "I want to be an actor."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 24, 2007
Toyoko Fry
Lady Fry, wife of British Ambassador Sir Graham Fry, is director of the Art of Dining Exhibition on March 7. All proceeds from this event go to Refugees International Japan, a volunteer organization with world-wide relief projects.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 17, 2007
Amy Katoh
Champion of Japan's disappearing traditional crafts, longtime Tokyo resident Amy Katoh is an author and businesswoman. Her famous shop Blue & White testifies to her vision and imagination.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 10, 2007
Tim Hornyak
Freelance writer Tim Hornyak is the author of 'Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots.' He anticipates that the family robot will become a reality in Japan
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Feb 3, 2007
Patricia Hill
Patricia Hill says she is unused to looking backward. "But I see threads running through my life," she said. "I see my love of different sports and of flowers and gardens.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 27, 2007
Fujie Kagami
Fujie Kagami has devoted her life to studying and teaching the koto. She has been honored with a Cultural Award from Aichi Prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 20, 2007
Dr. Manny Sultan and Yasuko Emmei-Sultan
Three people have had major influences on the life, character and career of Dr. Manny Sultan, Cairo-born architect, interior architect, and space planner.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 13, 2007
Ann Jenkins
A highly qualified teacher and versatile actress, Ann Jenkins will appear in the forthcoming production of 'Moon Over Buffalo' to be presented by the Tokyo International Players.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 6, 2007
Gary and Alaete Fish
A dozen years ago when Gary and Alaete Fish retired from Japan, they left an indelible mark here. Light-hearted and laughter-loving, for 30 years Gary taught history and Latin at The American School in Japan. He was also an actor and theater director.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 30, 2006
Jeri Foley
Ten years ago, the "Tokyo Journal" published its first annual list of 50 foreigners "who live here long-term, have been measurably successful in their work, and have made a difference to the Japanese and foreign community."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 23, 2006
Bernard Yu
In 1957, the Foreign Community Supporting Committee was founded in Tokyo to work nation-wide with the Young Men's Christian Association. Today, the FCSC comprises a volunteer group of ambassadors and community and social leaders who aim to raise public awareness of YMCA activities throughout Japan. ...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 16, 2006
Kiyonori Kanasaka
Last October, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society conferred its Diploma of Fellowship upon Professor Kiyonori Kanasaka of Kyoto University.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 9, 2006
Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
Yoshiyuki Iwamoto recently published in New York a book in English.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 2, 2006
Toshi Atsuumi
Calcutta is a dramatic, tumultuous city. This capital of West Bengal still shows the high temper that often marked its turbulent history. Toshi Atsuumi found in Calcutta something he looks for: the survival of nature in the swirl of humanity. Calcutta was not, however, Atsuumi's introduction to a world...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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