Summer Beer Party [announcement]

A Swinging Spring Book Fair [report]

You and You Money (SS) [workshop: personal finances]

Speaker: Deborah Wetmore, financial planner

Kansai Members Arise (LER) [meeting report]

The Elusive Art of the Interview or What to Do When Mickey Mouse Turns You Down (KB) [report: panel discussion]

Panelists: David Benjamin, Christine Chapman, Damon Darlin; Jared Lubarsky (moderator)

First things first; Making contact; Flattery will get you everywhere; To tape or not to tape; Standards and practices; Best-laid plans

More Rough Words (JS)

give vs. hold for events; common sense / consensus / general opinion; rated highly; feel well vs. feel good

The Enigma of Karel van Wolferen: – Two Reviews of a Controversial Bestseller

Book: The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation

Kicking Sacred Cows (ST)

The Conspiracy of Japanese Power (FMU)

Translation Prize for Literature: Entries Sought from American Translators

Hints for the Computer Semiliterate (BD) [considerations: need for disk conversion]

Credit Where It's Due [contributors to this issue]

Enganese [errors/oddities]

Picnic! [announcement]