Matters of Opinion: Paying the Earth for home and hearth Big Bang: Mizuho group sets sights on becoming global leader Matters of Opinion: Action, not words, needed to fight disease Matters of Opinion: Modern Japan afflicted by many addictions Business Landscape: Firm using 'magtration' technology to enter lucrative U.S. biotech mart Matters of Opinion: Academic crusades for homosexual rights Big Bang: Ito-Yokado planning bold initiatives with new bank Matters of Opinion: Fundamental reform of car traffic systems essential Big Bang: Son: New Nippon Credit Bank to focus on loans, investment Business Landscape: Pia to soon spearhead drive for switch to electronic tickets Big Bang: Banks' chiefs outline strategy behind integration plan Matters of Opinion: User-unfriendly PCs will disappear in 10 years Big Bang: Matsui maverick reveals secret of success Matters of Opinion: Nation grapples with death from overwork Business Landscape: Net tough, but lucrative field for 26-year-old entrepreneur Business Landscape: Nintendo plans Dolphin's splash Business Landscape: Survival hinges on adaptability Matters of Opinion: Young designer shakes up Japanese fashion Red-hot rookie Uehara reflects on pitcher-perfect year Big Bang: DIC ponders immediate tasks, future under 'payoff' scheme Matters of Opinion: HIV-positive activist takes fight to Diet Big Bang: Softbank founder gives views on online services, Nasdaq Japan New ambassador to U.S. to liaise on bases issue Big Bang: DKB, Fuji, IBJ heads explain bank's future Big Bang: Sanwa plans to strengthen alliance before next step Matters of Opinion / Japan as nation of urban eyesores JAL president talks about carrier's future T Serv.'s owner climbed on bicycle and zipped right along to success Matters of Opinion/ Reforms that can make the ideal economy Big Bang / Insurer sees originality as key to liberalization opportunities Business Landscape / Bernard Anquez, general manager for Japan and Korea, Air France Business Landscape / Osamu Suzuki, president of Suzuki Motor Corp. Matters of Opinion / Women seek political equality at local level Big Bang / Allstate tests the waters before nationwide drive Business Landscape: Revised Employment Security Law will open new doors for temp staff Big Bang / Orix seeks to expand business into all aspects of financing Matters of Opinion/Asano: Decentralization key to democracy Takahashi hopes team will follow his Giant steps Big Bang: Merrill Lynch Japan gives investors range of options Matters of Opinion: Shinkin chief banking on customer service Matters of Opinion: Chun Dae Kyun / A new approach to change Japan-ROK relations Kantor: Japan heading right way in trade Big Bang: Denis Nayden, president and CEO of General Electric Capital Corp. Wayne Booker, vice chairman of Ford Motor Co. Keiji Tachikawa, president and CEO of NTT DoCoMo Australian firm offers furniture with flexibility Matters of Opinion: Ryu Murakami, enfant terrible of literature Matters of Opinion: Kenichi Matsumoto, critic, writer and historian Big Bang: Hitoshi Tonomura, Chairman of Investment Trusts Association Jean-Bernard Dumerc, Executive vice president for Alcatel Japan Phil Fiebig, President of Leo Burnett-Kyodo Hiroyasu Ishikawa, President of the Japan Direct Marketing Association Valdur Koha, President of Software.com, Inc. Kirk Rimsnider, Director of Cadillac Japan at General Motors Japan Ltd. Shoichiro Irimajiri, President of Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Georgy Tabakov, Bulgarian deputy minister of trade and tourism Makiko Radom Iskandar, President of Rama Tours Takao Shimizu, President of MOS Food Services Tadao Suzuki, President of Mercian Corp. David Blume, President of Rover Japan Ltd. Tetsuya Fujimura, President of Gaga Communications Inc. Yoshiharu Yasuda, President of Nippon Iridium Corp. Yumi Kasamatsu, President of Carist Center Co. Roger J. Boisvert, Founder and president, Global OnLine Japan K.K. Norman Elder, General manager of the Marketing Division of USJ Co. Richard Murray, President of Inchcape Peugeot Japan Co. Giovanni Celenza, Trade Commissioner of Italian Trade Commission in Tokyo Paul Cockerton, Marketing communications manager of Symbian Derek Schneideman, Representative director and president of Gateway 2000 Japan, Inc. Bengt Nilsson, CEO of IFS, Entrepreneurs' company expands globally Mitsu Kimata, President of Aeon Forest Co. Toshiro Amemiya, President of Lexmark International Co. Hideo Kato, President of City Telecom (Japan) Co. Yutaka Ishinabe, President of Queen Alice Inc. Eugen Angster, President of Deutsche Telekom K.K. Masayuki Makino, Principal of the Okinawa Actors School Camilo Martins de Oliveira, Head of ICEP Asia-Pacific Delegation Francois Duley and Patrick Llobregat/ Groupe SEB Hajime Hasegawa/ Representative director and managing director of SRG Japan K.K. Hideo Sawada/ President of H.I.S. Co. Masayuki Komatsu/ President of Adaptec Japan Ltd., vice president of Northern Asia Adaptec Inc. Naoya Harano/ President of Atlus Co. Dennis Stevenson/ Chairman of Pearson PLC John Jarvis/ President of BT Japan K.K. Kenji Ikemori/ Chief executive officer of Fancl group Yasuyuki Fujimura/ President of Kankyo Co.
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