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Drinking water: The metal leaches from lead pipes, solder and older brass faucets
Thousands of Burmese are doing just that. The short-lived rally in Rangoon was one of 20 or so demonstrations that have erupted across Burma (also known as Myanmar) in recent weeks--a rare display of civil disobedience by a people who have been ruled for 45 years by one...
If you think Japan's hard-drinking business culture is as dead as a Betamax, think again. After more than a decade of austerity (not to mention sobriety) during the nation's economic slump, many Japanese companies are thriving--and they're reviving some of the customs that were hallmarks...
It's that sense of team spirit and togetherness--called soshikiryoku--that many Japanese corporations are trying to rekindle. Up to a generation ago, college grads entered companies en masse, lived together, drank together, quite often married one another and retired together. This close-knit culture, which was virtually national...
Despite such experiments, Japanese firms may find it hard to restore the glory days. That's because today 1 in 3 Japanese workers is part-time; younger employees in particular tend to value mobility over job security. Indeed, during Koyama's Saturday-night drinking session, employee Eri Shimoda confides that...