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PORTFOLIOS

By ARTHUR LUBOW Inspired by comic books, cartoon heroes and monster movies, as well as by traditional painted screens, Japan's answer to Andy Warhol has constructed his own theory about what an artist is — along with a sprawling high-low, commercial-artistic enterprise. And his products are very much for export. Go to Article • Slide Show: Murakami's Art and Artists Photographs by HELLEN VAN MEENE The many faces of innocence, captured on the streets of Tokyo. Go to Portfolio | About the Photographs • More Portfolios By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Globalization has collapsed time and distance and raised the notion that someone anywhere on earth can do your job, more cheaply. Can Americans rise to the challenge on this leveled playing field? Go to Article • Video: Friedman on Outsourcing By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born feminist and a Dutch legislator who has rejected her Muslim faith to become an outspoken advocate for "European values." It's a cause that some of her opponents want her to die for. Go to Article