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Suntory's world-class malts: Kansai's very own whisky rebellion
THE salaryman enjoying a glass of whisky after work has long been a staple image in postwar Japan. Cigarette in one hand, a tumbler of scotch in...
Japan, Inc., 05/01/04 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
Refusing to wake: our Kansai columnist is the token foreigner on an "international" Kansai committee. Uh-oh
LAST year, I was strong-armed into sitting on a prefectural governmental committee on intanashonarizeishon, one of the most frequently misused...
Japan, Inc., 04/01/04 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
The man who tried to save Osaka: Kansai's largest city is urban and ugly—but it didn't have to be this way
EVEN BY JAPANESE STANDARDS, Osaka is not an attractive city. To be sure, Kansai's two other major conurbations, Kyoto and Kobe, have their fair...
Japan, Inc., 03/01/04 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
Whither the water? A UN forum in Kobe highlights the rising risks to a precious resource - Upfront
MUCH HAS BEEN MADE in recent years of the population problem the world faces, but until relatively recently, the more serious issue of the world's...
Japan, Inc., 02/01/04 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
In search of Shikoku's youth: our intrepid columnist treks from bridges to bullfights - Upfront
"HEY, GAIJIN-SAN, WHAT ARE you doing here in Matsuyama?" asked a high school girl seated beside me in a humble ramen shop. She wasn't being...
Japan, Inc., 01/01/04 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
Kirin Plaza Osaka applies brains to beer: at this unsung Osaka landmark, slaking thirst is a historical journey - Upfront
ONE OF OSAKA'S most interesting, architecturally innovative and yet strangely unheralded institutions is named after a brand of beer. The Kirin...
Japan, Inc., 12/01/03 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
IT + AC/DC = TNT! At home in Hyogo with Japan's hardest rocking IT whiz - Kansai
"ROCK'N'ROLL SAVED MY LIFE!" insists Koji Tomita, the 35-year-old founder of TNT, his fast-growing computer services company in Hyogo....
Japan, Inc., 11/01/03 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
Kobe's quandary: robots versus revolution: Japan must welcome future foreigners—or face a fractious future - Kansai
JAPAN IS GETTING OLD--and fast. By the year 2020, the percentage of the nation's population over 60 is set to reach 30 percent, the highest in the...
Japan, Inc., 10/01/03 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
Kansai airport: a beautiful loser: Kansai international airport is stunning—but sinking into debt and desolation. Care for a date? - Upfront
AESTHETICALLY, THE MAIN TERMINAL building of Kansai International Airport (KIX) is one of the most appealing structures of its kind--not just in...
Japan, Inc., 09/01/03 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication -
Tigers, Tigers burning bright: can a Kansai institution convert pennants into pennies? - Hanshin Tigers baseball team
TRADITIONALLY, OSAKAN MERCHANTS HAVE greeted each other with a gruff "Moukari-makka?" (You makin' any cash?) rather than the more common "O-genki...
Japan, Inc., 08/01/03 by Dominic Al-Badri · More from publication
