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People | CLOSE-UP Jun 5, 2005

Seiji Hirao: Mr. Rugby

by Richard Freeman

At the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong in March, a group of eminent rugby journalists were talking about Japan's bid to host Rugby World Cup 2011. After discussing -- and agreeing -- how the government-backed proposal by the Japan Rugby Football Union to ...

People | CLOSE-UP May 1, 2005

Sadako Ogata: Front-line fighter for a better world

by Elizabeth Ingrams

Sadako Ogata, formerly United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is one of Japan's most prominent international figures. Born in Tokyo in 1927, she grew up in Japan, China and the United States, receiving her PhD in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her ...