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People | CLOSE-UP Oct 2, 2005

Harumi Kurihara: Homing in on success

by Tomoko Otake and Yoko Hani

As a cook and lifestyle guru, Harumi Kurihara has often been dubbed Japan's answer to America's Martha Stewart or Britain's Delia Smith. But in February this year, she scaled new heights when the English-language edition of her book "Harumi no Japanese Cooking" -- titled ...

People | CLOSE-UP Jul 3, 2005

Takeshi Yoro: Professor No-Self

by Setsuko Kamiya

Some think of him as a retired anatomist par excellence; some revere his knowledge of the human brain; while to others he's simply someone who's nuts about insects. Takeshi Yoro is definitely all of these things and more, as well as being one of the ...