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Articles in March, 2004 issue of Japan, Inc.

• Monkeying around
• Crystal ball for 2004
• Japan's restaurant giants are California dreaming: but service and standards may be worlds apart
  by Michael Thuresson
• Third-party tango: how to kick the keiretsu habit and hone in on value; the use of third-party organizations to support a company's non-core capacities is on the rise—and here's how to do it right
  by Peter Presley
• San Disk Cruzer Micro MP3 Companion
• A season's special curse
  by Michael E. Stanley
• 2004 trend-watchers take note
  by Arjen van Blokland
• Tokyo real estate: revival or risk? Will booming development in central Tokyo sink Odaiba—and everyone else?
  by Tony McNicol
• Sharp PW-9300
• Magnets in motion
  by John Dodd
• Killer apps from DoCoMo and KDDI
  by Arjen van Blokland
• A design for life: she's called Japan's Martha Stewart, but Harumi Kurihara is her own homemaker
  by Tony McNicol
• Sharp DV-RW200
• The techno maestro's amazing machine: Kohei Minato and the Japan Magnetic Fan Company; A maverick inventor's breakthrough electric motor uses permanent magnets to make power—and has investors salivating
  by John Dodd
• Intervention junkies—addiction without end?
• The stock market reads through strong-yen worries: Japan is better prepared for the ramifications of the weak dollar
  by Darrel Whitten
• From the editor
  by Roland Kelts
• Sony HMD1G
• Foreign films: 100MeterFilms makes movies in Japan about Japanese characters. But the filmmakers themselves are foreign
  by Richard Donovan
• Apple iPod mini
• Inspired by imports: Tokyo Designer's Week marries commerce to art in cutting edge expositions
  by Roland Kelts
• Sony HMD1G
• The man who tried to save Osaka: Kansai's largest city is urban and ugly—but it didn't have to be this way
  by Dominic Al-Badri