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The article presents information on a tour made by Daniel Stowell, director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, to Meisei University in Japan, which stores the largest collection of Lincoln documents outside the U.S. The first of the documents that Stowell opened at the university, contained an account written by a 23-year-old Abraham Lincoln in January 1833 that the U.S. Papers project did not have. Meisei collection also has a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln.

The article discusses the approval given by the Japanese government to its annual defense white paper, "Defense of Japan 2007." The report identifies North Korea and China as Japan's primary strategic concerns while reaffirming its alliance with the U.S. The white paper also emphasizes the commitment of Japan to international peacekeeping and its intent to keep defense spending slightly below 1 percent of its gross domestic product.

The article presents an outlook for the impact of a new preliminary draft on corporate foreign exchange operations to be released by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). It is expected that corporations that have been showing gains in their quarterly income statements may see major losses under the new rules. Major upward revisions on the asset side of the balance sheets of the foreign subsidiaries of U.S. multinationals doing business in Europe and Japan.

"The EUROCALL Review" is EUROCALL's open access online scientific journal. Regular sections include: (1) Reports on EUROCALL Special Interest Groups: up-to-date information on SIG activities; (2) Projects: reports on on-going CALL or CALL-related R&D projects; (3) Recommended websites: reports and reviews of examples of good practice in language learning website development; (4) Research papers on CALL-related topics; (5) Research and Development papers on CALL-related topics; (6) Reflective Practice papers on CALL-related topics; and (7) Reviews of new books, CALL software, etc. This issue contains the following papers stemming from the INTENT conference on "Telecollaboration in University Foreign Language Education" held at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of León, Spain, on 14 February 2014: (1) Promoting critical thinking in online intercultural communication (Marie-Thérèse Batardière); (2) Why in the world would I want to talk to someone else about my culture? (Chesla Ann Bohinski and Yumei Leventhal); (3) A blended learning scenario to enhance learners' oral production skills (Hee-Kyung Kim); (4) Combining Skype with Blogging: A chance to stop reinforcement of stereotypes in intercultural exchanges? (L. Lynette Kirschner); (5) English learning in an intercultural perspective: Russia and Norway (Anne-Mette Bjøru); and (6) Pan-American teletandem language exchange project (Aurora Castillo-Scott). The regular paper section includes: An e-portfolio to enhance sustainable vocabulary learning in English (Hiroya Tanaka, Akio Ohnishi, Suzanne M. Yonesaka, and Yukie Ueno). The following recommended website is reviewed by Rafael Seiz Ortiz: ABA English. Individual papers contain references.

The article reports on the significance and the efficacy of msx computers in the American market. The U.S. home computer makers appear unconcerned that such an invasion about to hit. Darrel E. Whitten, an analyst at Prudential-Bache Securities Ltd., says that msx is a difficult niche in Japan due to its higher price than the hot-selling Nintendo unit.

The article reports that a U.S.-Japan commercial treaty to internationalize the Japanese yen is not expected to strengthen the yen in foreign exchange markets and to alter international trade, balance of payments, and balance of trade patterns between the two countries. Measures to make the yen an international currency include the creation of a free Euroyen market and deregulation of Japanese capital markets.

The article focuses on the global challenges of regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and the diverse approaches taken by different countries. It discusses the comprehensive AI legislation passed by the European Union, the voluntary guidelines adopted by the United States, China's incremental approach to AI laws, the UK's principles-based framework, and Japan's unique cultural perspective influencing its approach to AI regulation.

The article reports that Fuji Photo Film Co., is the world's second-largest maker of photographic film and paper, known to Americans as the company that has given Eastman Kodak Co. a harrowing run for, its money. Fujifilm has staged a remarkable makeover on its home turf. But the world of digital photography is still new. So in the next two years, as Fujiffim courts Americans with a whole new bag of digital goodies, it will confront the most confusing obstacle course in its 65-year history. The global market for photo film and paper is a tidy duopoly with clearly defined rules.

Presents remarks by President George Bush and Japanese Ambassador Takakazu Kuriyama at the White House, April 1992, concerning the signing of the Paper Market Access Agreement, intended to increase opportunities for sales for foreign firms exporting paper products into Japan. Interactive partnerships; White House fact sheet of the agreement; Key elements; Key statistics.

The article focuses on the export of wood chips to Japanese pulp and paper makers by U.S. forest products companies. It states that wood chip exports increased to a little more than 1.1 million units in 1968, since the first boatload of wood chips sent by U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc. to Japan. It notes that the imported chips of Japan account for over 12% of its chip consumption in 1968 and may likely increase to 30% by 1975.

The article reports on the effects of corrugated boxes' assumption of commodity status in the U.S., Japan, and Western Europe markets. According to the report "Corrugated and Paperboard Boxes," such packaging products have achieved more than 74 percent share of value sales in the said countries, thus limiting its opportunities for growth. It also mentions that growth in corrugated and solid fiber boxes is attributed to its role as the preferred container for shipping purposes.

Presents information on various political and economic developments around the world. Causes of the recent rapid fall of the pound sterling in the exchange markets; Details of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to stop the subsidies to shipping concealed in contracts for carrying mail; Publication of the Hearst papers in a series of featured articles, illustrated with photographs, by one Thomas Walker; Need for everyone in the world above the age of ten to know that Japan intends to dominate all of eastern Asia, including China.

This article focuses on political developments around the world as of March 4, 1939. Alarmed by the impact of the anti-Japanese boycott, leading Japanese business men in the United States held a private conclave recently to discuss counter-measures. To accompany an article on the naval maneuvers Time recently published a map showing the line-up in the Caribbean. French papers are telling the story of an Italian sculptor who carved a Venus and buried it in a field.

The article reports that U.S. President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, has approved increasing the tariff on the import of Japanese thermometers, and in turn, Japan is planning to impose an export quota. However, there is controversy over the quota, as it goes against the U.S. economic policy, and encourages the recovery of cartels inside Japan. It states that quota favors big trading companies, therefore, smaller Japanese companies will have to work through larger trading companies.

This article focuses on the book "America to Japan: A Symposium of Papers by Representative Citizens of the United States on the Relations Between Japan and America and on the Comment Interests of the Two Countries," edited by Lindsay Russell. The symposium of papers by Japanese writers of distinction, entitled "Japan to America", the present volume is a response. To insure the future development of Japan, it is imperative that she preserve and strengthen her friendship with both the great English-speaking peoples, and gradually substitute their representative institutions for her present imperialism.

In 1943, with the war against Japan intensifying in the Pacific, Dr. L.F. Fisser of the National Defense Research Committee designed a tiny incendiary bomb for the use of the U.S. Army Air Force. The two-ounce bomb was to be dropped on Japan affixed to free-tailed bats, of which there happened to be an ample supply in Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. The bat bombs were to be chilled to hibernating temperature in ice-cube trays, packed 180 to a box and sprung free at a thousand feet above the ground, where they would thaw and, in great hunger, swoop down on the wood and paper homes of Tokyo. Something may be insane, but it is only crackpot when it doesn't work. Another plan to bring the total warfare concept to the Japanese capital was conceived by General Curtis LeMay.

Discusses the relationships between the United States and Japan. U.S. industry's reliance on Japan for imports of advanced components essential to production; Total transactions linking U.S. and Japanese companies; Japanese investors' annual finance of the U.S. government's debt and acquisition of a large proportion of U.S. private paper; Concern about the health of the relationship; Japan's effort to open its market and change its economy; Need to solve the tension that exists in the relationships. INSET: Case Study in Diversification: The New Face of Summitomo Metals.

The article provides world news briefs for the week ending May 19, 1941. Germany's third top Nazi, Rudolph Hess, is reported to have flown alone in a Messerschmitt fighter and landed in Scotland with identification papers and heart medicine. Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover stated the U.S. shouldn't enter the war because the country is disunited and instead should supply England with tools of war. Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka Yosuke has come to the U.S. for diplomatic talks.

The article reports on the impact of Japan's top advertising companies on maintaining the status of low-salaried executives in the U.S. It notes that the executives were better paid off by the Japanese firms through fringe benefits and a liberal system of expense accounts. This is attributed to the attacks of the government in terms of tax laws, straight salary, and entertainment fund policies towards these companies.

The article reports on the dominance of the U.S. in camera market and the battle between Japan and West Germany for the second place. It notes the recognition of Japan as a fast growing camera industry. It points out that the country ship up to nearly 14 million dollars to the U.S. market in 1962. However, it is stressed that West Germany led Japan in the value of its photographic equipment exports.

The article offers world news briefs. The Indiana Farmer's Guide Publishing Co. has filed a lawsuit against other U.S. farm papers alleging damages caused by a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The French Senate has reasserted the husband's position as the head of the family. Japanese Major General Seiichi Kita has admitted that the Japanese Army has provided airplanes for rebels in Mongolia.

The article reports that at the invitation of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Association for Computing Machinery has recently cosponsored a three-and-one-half day technical conference in Tokyo, in conjunction with Commerce's six-day exhibition of U.S. computer equipment. Computer '70 and the Computer '70 Colloquium, as the show and conference were called, were held at Tokyo's Harumi Pier, from October 12-14, 1970. Over 19,000 members of Japan's data processing community queued up to view at the open admission exhibition the products of 65 U.S. manufacturers. In addition, over 350 persons, most in key managerial and research positions, attended the Colloquium where, to defray expenses, attendance was on a fee basis--about $100 for the full conference and $25 for one day. Also participating in the seven half-day sessions were 27 U.S. computing experts and 10 leading Japanese professionals, whose papers were presented simultaneously in English and Japanese. The timeliness of the topics and the caliber of the participants can be recognized from the program.

The article reports on Wall Street's veteran auto analysts, who love the Japanese yen, which has been setting post-World War II highs against the dollar. Joseph Phillippi of Lehman Brothers asks to look for continued and severe erosion in market share. Maryann Keller of Furman Selz says that the yen change of 1985-86 was partially compensated for by massive cost cutting, mainly from squeezing suppliers. The Japanese are in a tough position. Despite their U.S. plants, many of their parts and all their upmarket cars still come from Japan, and they still have huge organizations back home to support. If they raise their dollar prices as the yen rises, they lose U.S. market share. If they do not raise prices, they lose money.

A conference paper about restoration of the economic conditions in Japan is presented. It also discusses Glass-Steagall act of the U.S. which was enacted in 1933 in the U.S. for dividing the business of banking and securities. It examines the problems associated with the modality ofthe bailout in the U.S. which includes balance sheets of all major financial institutions not examined by official authority, non-performing loans not clearly identified by market investors.

Reports that the US Trade Representative is negotiating with Japan to open Japan's market to Kodak and other photographic film and paper exporters. Unfair competition due to trade restrictions in Japan; Argument over alleged conspiracy between Fuji Photo Film and Japan.

On March 28-29, 2009, FPRI's Wachman Center hosted 43 teachers from across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching the nuclear age. In his opening remarks, Walter A. McDougall observed that although students today are not made to crawl under their desks in air raid drills, that atomic power remains, and it is still necessary to raise a nuclear-literate generation. Sessions included: (1) Nuclear Weapons (Jeremy Bernstein); (2) Nuclear Weapons in International Politics (Andrew L. Ross); (3) The Decision to Drop the Bomb (Richard B. Frank); (4) The Nevada Test Site (Troy E. Wade II); (5) The Nuclear Age in the Classroom (Paul Dickler); (6) Cold War Arms Control (Avis Bohlen); (7) Nuclear Weapons Post-Cold War (James Goodby); (8) Does Nuclear Deterrence Apply in the Age of Terrorism? (Adam Garfinkle); and (9) Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War (Hans Mark.)

Reports that the decline in the yen has substantially raised Japan's labor-cost advantage as compared to the U.S. Position of yen against the U.S. dollar in 1988; Decline in Japanese factory wages in dollars; Advantage of this decline to Japanese imports.

The article features the Copyboard electronic blackboard manufactured by Oki Electric Industry Co. which has been launched in Japan and the U.S. It is a hybrid of a blackboard and a copier which prints paper versions of whatever is written on the board, providing accurate notes. The product has been targeted to schools and businesses.

The article discusses lessons that U.S. home remodelers could learn from their counterparts in Japan. Topics covered include the focus of Japanese people on having double-pane windows and insulation systems at their homes. Also mentioned is the popular use of paper screens as well as kerosene heaters at their homes.