各車にURL？
　工業化時代の主役、自動車は、情報化時代の乗り物たり得るか
自動車業界の内外では10年以上前から「ネットワーク自動車」が話題に上ってきた。
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A web address for every car? (English version)
Will the car-that mainstay of the industrial age - become a vehicle for
the information age as well?
PEOPLE inside and outside the motor industry have talked about the
"networked car" for more than a decade. ...more


単位 人から市民へ
　私生活に対する国家統制機構の衰退
先行した他市の住民と同様、北京市民は9月1日、パスポート申請の際に国有企業の
雇用者又は警察の許可書が不要となった。 ...more
Danwei people become citizens (English version)
The apparatus of state control of private life is going
On September 1st, Beijing joined the ranks of Chinese cities that allow
residents to apply for passports without written permission from a state
employer or the police. ...more


小泉再選？
　首相を退け、改革中断を狙う対立候補者
候補者数名が今週、小泉氏に挑むべく自民党総裁選への立候補を表明した。候補者
の一人、亀井静香前政調会長は、党内大派閥の会長代行を務める。 ...more
Keeping Koizumi? (English version)
Internal rivals are trying to unseat the prime minister and halt his reforms
This week, several rivals announced that they will challenge Mr Koizumi,
including Shizuka Kamei, who once chaired the LDP's powerful Policy Research
Council and who jointly commands one of the LDP's biggest factions. ...more