Tokyo marks 400th birthday in subdued style

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | November 16, 2003| | Copyright

Japan's capital, long on history and disasters, is now short on cash

By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press

Sunday, November 16, 2003

Tokyo -- From his 14th-floor office window, Tsunenari Tokugawa can almost see the exact spot where his ancestors settled down four centuries ago. It's just a few blocks away -- but it might as well be in another universe.

Banished from power more than a century ago, the Tokugawa clan of "shogun" rulers no longer runs Japan. Now 63, Tsunenari Tokugawa has settled into semi-retirement, dividing his time between being ...

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