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People | CLOSE-UP Jul 4, 2004

Seiichi Kanise: Media insider casts an outsider's eye on Japan

by Yoko Hani

After 17 years' experience as a top-flight news reporter both at home and abroad, in 1991 Seiichi Kanise began a 10-year stint as a TV news anchorman. Then, after covering a wide range of news events, in 2003 he accepted an offer from the ...

People | CLOSE-UP Jun 6, 2004

Shinya Tasaki: Sommelier supreme

by Masami Ito

Shinya Tasaki was a teenager when he made his first solo trip to France in 1977. Even back then, he was so eager to learn about French food and wine that he visited as many wineries as he could -- only to be turned ...