Japan's 40 wealthiest businesspeople are worth $89.9 billion, up $10.7 billion from last year. An impressive gain but one that masks an uneven year for the country's tycoons. Twenty people are richer than last year, including eight of the top 10, helped by the yen's double-digit gain against the U.S. ...
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it ...
A man, dressed in full Japanese garb from the 19th Century (with a bit of an unusual twist) slowly walks to center stage. "Welcome to the Melodrama Musical Theatre! Ready to hear our rules?"
A collective groan fills the North Bakersfield Theatre as the audience plays along with a cast member from ...
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