Nakano

This impressive graffiti-style art installation by Japanese artists Yasuhiko Hayashi and Yusuke Nakano is actually done using plastic toy train railway tracks!

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“The suit was filed with the Tokyo District Court by the Art Copyright Center, Ltd., based in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, which as the painting’s copyright agent said the city had failed to obtain consent from the painter or the company,” says the Yomiuri Shimbun, going on:

Yokohama copyright case 2005

You don't necessarily have to be a flashy, charismatic leader to get the support of the people, said Koichi Nakano, professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo.

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"Joe told me lots of great stuff about surviving on the street," said Mr. Nakano, adding that he had his own successful rock band in Japan, Gunshy, which has recorded four albums.

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"We can only operate in a small area, but I think it's a great step toward recovery," said Naohito Nakano, an operations manager for JAL.The area around the airport, about a half-mile from shore, remains a twisted wasteland of mud, uprooted trees and the remnants of smashed buildings and cars.

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Mr. Nakano, on the other hand, isn't much above 5 feet, and you can also tell pretty quickly from his accent that he's not from Detroit, like the family.

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"The ladies like him," John Valiant said of Mr. Nakano, particularly when he launches into the song "The Prayer," which showcases his fresh, confident tenor voice.

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The only aspect of the organization that didn't make sense, more from a visual and perhaps ethnographic than a musical perspective, was Mr. Nakano.

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"The chance of Prime Minister Kan surviving the current political crisis is small," said Koichi Nakano, associate professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo.

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But John Boyd , who sings gospel, spirituals, opera and jazz with his children and with Shigemasa Nakano beneath Bethesda Fountain's terrace all year weather permitting, seems to be doing just that.

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