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People | CLOSE-UP Aug 5, 2012

David Atkinson: Ancient Japan captures money man's interest

by Tomoko Otake

David Atkinson was still in his 20s when he rose to fame as a Japan-based banking analyst with the U.S. investment bank Salomon Brothers, prior to him moving to Goldman Sachs. Having graduated from Oxford University with an M.A. in Japanese studies in 1987, and ...

People | CLOSE-UP Jul 1, 2012

Author Lesley Downer's romance with Japan is no fleeting affair

by Victoria James

British writer, historian and journalist Lesley Downer has been visiting Japan and writing about it for nearly 35 years — beginning in 1978, when she was part of the first-ever intake of the English Teaching Recruitment Program, which evolved into the famous JET (Japan ...