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1. CLOSE-UP: Susan Schmidt - TOMOKO OTAKE
Honored U.S. beacon for Japan
Nov. 1, 2009
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2. CLOSE-UP: Mamoru Mohri - EDAN CORKILL
A spaceman speaks
Oct. 4, 2009
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3. CLOSE-UP: Donald Keene - ERIKO ARITA
Keene: A life lived true to the words
Sept. 6, 2009
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4. CLOSE-UP: Sokun Tsushimoto - TOMOKO OTAKE
Caring for body and soul
Aug. 2, 2009
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5. CLOSE-UP: Motoko Inagawa - EDAN CORKILL
Japan's foreign-talent guru shares her worldly wisdoms
July 5, 2009
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6. CLOSE-UP: Kang Sang Jung - ERIKO ARITA
Born but not Bred
June 7, 2009
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7. CLOSE-UP: Manabu Miyazaki - TOMOKO OTAKE
Outsider looking in
May 3, 2009
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8. CLOSE-UP: Hiroshi Mikitani - EDAN CORKILL
Retail revolutionary
April 5, 2009
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9. CLOSE-UP: Kazuyo Katsuma - ERIKO ARITA
Of money and motherhood
March 1, 2009
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10. CLOSE-UP: Chizu Saeki - TOMOKO OTAKE
Beauty's more than skin deep
Feb. 1, 2009
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11. CLOSE-UP: Mino Monta - DAVID McNEILL and MIGUEL QUINTANA
Japan's 'Mr. Television'
Jan. 4, 2009
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12. CLOSE-UP: Kenneth Pyle - EDAN CORKILL
Probing the real Japan
Nov. 2, 2008
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13. CLOSE-UP: Jakucho Setouchi - ERIKO ARITA
Living high: living deep
Oct. 5, 2008
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14. CLOSE-UP: Jurgen Lehl - EDAN CORKILL
A rebel with style
Sept. 7, 2008
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15. CLOSE-UP: Jiang Rong - MATTHIAS MESSMER and HSIN-MEI CHUANG
Writing in a world of wolves
Aug. 3, 2008
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16. CLOSE-UP: David Peace - DAVID HICKEY
Peace follows turbulent times
July 6, 2008
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17. CLOSE-UP: Arata Isozaki - EDAN CORKILL
Astonishing by design
June 1, 2008
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18. CLOSE-UP: Hideki Noda - NOBUKO TANAKA
HIDEKI NODA
Acting with joy in his soul
May 4, 2008
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19. CLOSE-UP: Tom Maschler - YOKO HANI
TOM MASCHLER
A storied life of luck and literary passions
April 6, 2008
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20. CLOSE-UP: Shintaro Tsuji - TOMOKO OTAKE
SHINTARO TSUJI
'Mr. Cute' shares his wisdoms and wit
March 2, 2008
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21. CLOSE-UP: Yang Yi - TOMOKO OTAKE
YANG YI
Bridging an East Asia divide
Feb. 3, 2008
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22. CLOSE-UP: Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa - EDAN CORKILL
KAZUYO SEJIMA & RYUE NISHIZAWA
Successes stack up for Tokyo design duo
Jan. 6, 2008
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23. CLOSE-UP: Lhamo Thondup - RAJU THAKRAR
THE DALAI LAMA
Ocean of wit and wisdoms
Dec. 2, 2007
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24. CLOSE-UP: Sue Palmer - TOMOKO OTAKE
SUE PALMER
The kids are not OK, top educator warns
Nov. 4, 2007
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25. CLOSE-UP: Nahoko Yamazaki - NOBUKO TANAKA
NAHOKO YAMAZAKI
Off-stage woman stars in men's theater world
Oct. 7, 2007
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26. CLOSE-UP: Ichikawa Danjuro - RAJU THAKRAR
DANJURO XII
Destined to act wild
Sept. 2, 2007
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27. CLOSE-UP: Steven L. Leeper - ERIC PRIDEAUX
STEVEN L. LEEPER
Mr. Hiroshima-san
Aug. 5, 2007
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28. CLOSE-UP: Kotaro Sawaki - TOMOKO OTAKE
KOTARO SAWAKI
Writer on the road of life
July 1, 2007
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29. CLOSE-UP: Kenichiro Mogi - ERIC PRIDEAUX
KENICHIRO MOGI
Thinking beyond the brain
June 3, 2007
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30. CLOSE-UP: Karel Van Wolferen - DAVID McNEILL
KAREL VAN WOLFEREN
Insights into the new world disorder
May 6, 2007
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31. CLOSE-UP: Nanae Aoyama - YOKO HANI
NANAE AOYAMA
Office worker takes exalted literary status in her stride
March 4, 2007
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32. CLOSE-UP: Tenko Hikita - YUMI WIJERS-HASEGAWA
TENKO HIKITA
Princess of pure mystery
Feb. 4, 2007
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33. CLOSE-UP: Yoshiharu Habu - RAJU THAKRAR
YOSHIHARU HABU
Japan's king of the board
Jan. 7, 2007
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34. CLOSE-UP: Ryuichi Sakamoto
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
Japan's expat rebel with many causes blends music and a wider world view
Dec. 3, 2006
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35. CLOSE-UP: Joichi Ito - TOMOKO OTAKE
JOI ITO
Master of multitasking revels in 'cyber-elite' life
Nov. 5, 2006
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36. CLOSE-UP: Hisashi Inoue - NOBUKO TANAKA
HISASHI INOUE
Crusader with a pen
Oct. 1, 2006
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37. CLOSE-UP: Shu Uemura - MARTIN WEBB
SHU UEMURA
A life in pursuit of beauty
Aug. 6, 2006
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38. CLOSE-UP: Tamiyo Kusakari - KAORI SHOJI
TAMIYO KUSAKARI
Dancing with body and soul
July 2, 2006
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39. CLOSE-UP: Matthew Bourne - NOBUKO TANAKA
MATTHEW BOURNE
How shall we dance?
June 4, 2006
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40. CLOSE-UP: May Shigenobu - MAYUMI NEGISHI
MAY SHIGENOBU
A life less ordinary
May 7, 2006
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41. CLOSE-UP: Chizuko Ueno - ERIC PRIDEAUX
CHIZUKO UENO
Speaking up for her sex
March 5, 2006
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42. CLOSE-UP: Gene Krell - MARTIN WEBB
GENE KRELL
Fashionista with attitude
Feb. 5, 2006
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43. CLOSE-UP: Shigeaki Hinohara - TOMOKO OTAKE
SHIGEAKI HINOHARA
Doctor of reforms
Jan. 8, 2006
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44. CLOSE-UP: Shogo Kariyazaki - TOMOKO OTAKE
SHOGO KARIYAZAKI
Flower power at his fingertips
Dec. 4, 2005
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45. CLOSE-UP: Harumi Kurihara - TOMOKO OTAKE and YOKO HANI
HARUMI KURIHARA
Homing in on success
Oct. 2, 2005
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46. CLOSE-UP: Herbert P. Bix - ERIC PRIDEAUX
HERBERT P. BIX
Showa Scholar Supreme
Aug. 7, 2005
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47. CLOSE-UP: Takeshi Yoro - SETSUKO KAMIYA
TAKESHI YORO
Himself: Prof. No-Self
July 3, 2005
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48. CLOSE-UP: Seiji Hirao - RICHARD FREEMAN
SEIJI HIRAO
Mr. Rugby
June 5, 2005
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49. CLOSE-UP: Sadako Ogata - ELIZABETH INGRAMS
SADAKO OGATA
Front-line fighter for a better world
May 1, 2005
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50. CLOSE-UP: Ryu Murakami - TOMOKO OTAKE
RYU MURAKAMI
Straight-talking wordsmith wields his pen like a sword
April 3, 2005
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