On the cover: Disc Doctor NakaMats Shakes Up Corporate Japan

"I'm going to live to be 144 years old."

Design: David Beattie

May 2004
No. 55

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May 2004 Issue

Features
	Bizzare Bazaar In Japan, used-car auctions are a booming business. We visit the busiest auctioneers in their sprawling new Yokohama venue to find out why.
	Inventor's Vengeance Wacky Doctor NakaMats (Yoshiro Nakamatsu), inventor of the 3.5-inch floppy disk, and the battle for remuneration from corporate Japan.
Reports
	Bolster Your Bottom Line Through Recruiting An improving economy means intense recruitment pressure.
Shorts
	Editor Consensus-seeking, conflict-avoiding, corporate Japan is getting a jolt this year in the form of a mini-rebellion.
	Contributors
	Buzz: The latest talk. Anime Fair 04, Super CEOs, Koizumi ...
	G-Spot: The latest gadgets. E-LETS PC, 3CCD VDR, Digital Rangefinder Camera ...
	Tech Talk: The latest tech. Canon Takes on GE, Panasonic Pushes DVDs ...
	Upfront: A Hollow Hokkaido A historic village is a microcosm for northern woes.
	Upfront: The Storytellers David McCaughan and McCann Pulse tell it like it is.
	Voice: From Tokyo to the World "Go West, young man," say two Tokyo-based media brothers.
	Investor Insight: Terrorism, the US Correction and Japan Our analyst tackles the terrorism tax and tips on Japan.
	Kansai: Suntory's World-Class Malts Kansai's very own whisky rebellion.
	Look: Beneath the Beeches Contemplating lost Japan.
Blowfish
	No More Kotatsu This month's consumer surveys.

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