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AUGUST 16, 1999 VOL. 154 NO. 6

C O V E R   S T O R Y
The Sun Also Rises
As the government embarks on a campaign to bolster the country's spirits, a nationalism once confined to the right-wing fringe is gaining ground, to the alarm of many Japanese

Sins of the Father: A teacher faces up to history
Big Deal: Soothed by time and billions in economic aid, Japan's neighbors no longer get alarmed
Payback: American slave laborers sue for compensation


A S I A
INDIA: Off the Rails
A horrific train collision claims nearly 300 lives and casts a shadow over the country's vast rail network

Planes, Trains, Automobiles: Travel can be deadly

INDONESIA: Trouble Next Door
Ethnic violence comes to Singapore's neighbor Batam

HONG KONG: Hard Labor
Indonesian maids find that work seems a lot like exploitation

CAMBODIA: Shadow and Light
The beautiful and cursed country tries to find a way to move into the future without ignoring its nightmarish past




E N D   P A G E S
SPOTLIGHT

MILESTONES

ESSAY:
You Say Tom-ay-to, I Say Eggplant

TRAVEL WATCH:
On Top of the World, A New Way to Fly





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