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DIED. RYUTARO HASHIMOTO, 68, controversial former Prime Minister of Japan; of multiple organ failure; in Tokyo. A short-tempered politician and dapper dresser, Hashimoto achieved international fame as Trade Minister in 1995, when he feuded with Washington in an auto-sales dispute. As Prime Minister from January 1996 to July 1998, he launched financial reforms modeled on London's "Big Bang" deregulation and defused a crisis over U.S. bases in Okinawa. An expert swordsman, he quit politics last year after a scandal involving donations to his party...
...heart of the Tod's empire (which also includes 103 stores around the world) is the $60 million Richard Meier--esque white marble factory designed by Diego's wife Barbara and filled with art by Jacob Hashimoto, Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol and Frank Stella. One wing is dominated by a Ron Arad silver staircase called The Wave. Inside, 2,500 workers?50% of whom are second-generation employees?turn out an average of 15,000 shoes a day. Their kids go to nursery school on the premises, and the workers eat freshly cooked meals in the cafeteria...
...think it is the holy souls enshrined at Yasukuni that are experiencing the saddest feelings by seeing this kind of situation." RYUTARO HASHIMOTO, former Prime Minister of Japan, who along with four other former leaders last week denounced Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's continued visits to the controversial war shrine...
...care. Do they want to invade us? They can't. Isn't it time we put our emotions behind us and became good negotiators to get what both of us really want? I believe we can do it. Let's give it a try. Takehiro Hashimoto Tokyo...
...good sense of humor. He has been getting lots of criticism from the public, but as the country's leader, he will never leave his job unfinished. He is a man of his word. We all need to wait and see. I believe we can trust Koizumi. Takehiro Hashimoto Tokyo...