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Articles Ecology & Environment   Recycling – A Solution? Coping with Tokyo’s Mountain of Waste By Ruediger Kuehr During the 1960s, it was advisable to permanently carry a fly swatter if one lived in the districts close to Tokyo Bay. In fact, the inhabitants of Tokyo have been trying to control invasions of flies during […]

Articles Trade & Economics   Tokyo Bay Tokyo Overview: Trade and Economy A concise summary of Tokyo’s principal industries. Inside the Kaisha: Demystifying Japanese Business Behavior A vivid description of the construction of corporate identity. Tokyo, The Industrial City From a poetic point of view, a feeling for what Tokyo’s industry means to a citizen’s […]

Articles History & Culture   Tokyo’s cafes, old and new Enticing the coffee-and-cake set to perk up for spring By Louis Templado, Special to The Japan Times Cafe Apollinaire, Cafe de Flore, Cafe du President, Brasserie Aux Bacchanales: sparkling names that belong to the most luminous cafes in the City of Lights? But though the signs […]

Guides Tetsuro Doshita Commander at the Security Affairs Office, Office of the Prime Minister Tokyo, Japan  Jim Hardwick Environmental Specialist, State of California, Department of Fish and Game Suisun, California  Peter Hayes Co-Executive Director, Nautilus Institute Berkeley, California  Rick Lester Geologist at US Geological Survey Menlo Park, California  Hideaki Nakata Associate Professor, Ocean Research Institute, […]

Guides & Mentors Lyuba Zarsky Co-Director Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development Berkeley, California (photo of Lyuba with her two children)     Tell us about you job? What inspired you to pursue this career? This “career” is still a work in progress! Day by day, I continue to try to understand and define […]

Safety comes first on PEGASUS On Pegasus, we take the utmost care to operate at a high standard of excellence and the highest standard of safety.  We do this by “practice-makes-perfect” training of our crew in safe operation of the vessel; by professional review and certification of the vessel’s systems; and by constantly upgrading the […]

Articles Ecology & Environment Tokyo Bay Tokyo, Water City Renewed enthusiasm for Tokyo’s waterways and waterfront have led to a clean up of the Sumida River. Oil spill in Tokyo Bay July 2, 1997 Brief description of the effort to contain a medium-sized oil spill when a tanker hit an underwater reef in Tokyo Bay. […]

Trade & Economics   Expedition 4: Trade Away! International trade includes imports and exports. Goods and services which come into a country are called that country’s imports; those which are sent out of a country are that country’s exports. Brainstorm a list of the top ten products you think the US imports from Japan. Prioritize the […]

Maps & Charts Trade & Economics   US-Japan Merchandise Trade Data (1960-1997) (in Millions of US Dollars) Year U.S. Exports U.S. Imports Trade Balance 1960 1,452 1,149 303 1965 2,084 2,414 -330 1970 4,610 5,875 -1,265 1975 9,421 12,336 -2,915 1976 10,030 16,922 -6,892 1977 10,414 20,273 -9,859 1978 12,885 26,461 -13,576 1979 17,581 28,169 […]

Articles History & Culture Tokyo Bay Tokyo in Transition Tokyo portrayed as an organic, ever-changing city racing toward the future. Tokyo’s Calamities A brief description of Tokyo as the site of immense calamities throughout history. Tokyo: Historical and Demographical Overview “Inconspicuous Revolution” Increasing Woman Power Gains and outstanding obstacles facing women in Japan in the […]