TIME INC. established its first Japanese office--a small news bureau--in bomb-devastated Tokyo shortly after the end of World War II. Since then, our expansion has paralleled Japan's rapid economic growth. Now we are happy to report the completion of a 15-story office building in the city's bustling Otemachi district. It is the sixth building in the world and the first in Asia to bear the Time & Life name. The dedication was in the Japanese fashion, with Shinto priests conducting traditional ceremonies to expel evil spirits.

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"One of the difficulties of making Bill Rogers come across to the public is that it generally sees him at his worst. Put a battery of microphones and television cameras in front of him and this easygoing man will tighten up and become self-conscious." Instead, the Bill Rogers whom Diplomatic Correspondent Herman Nickel usually sees is a pleasant, relaxed man who enjoys talking, and just as important, listening to the newsmen who cover the State Department.

For this week's cover story on U.S. efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, Nickel spent several hours in private conversation with Rogers, leading one senior State Department official to complain: "You spend a lot more time with the Secretary than I do." Further analyses came from Lee Griggs, who followed Arab maneuverings from Beirut, while Gavin Scott reported on the situation in Cairo, and John Shaw watched the Israeli Cabinet crisis from Jerusalem. The story itself was written by Spencer Davidson, edited by Senior Editor Jason McManus and researched by Ursula Nadasdy and Anne Tan.

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