Word: amagasaki
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...penalized for surpassing government limits, companies face hefty financial penalties if their collective workforce falls short of the targets within the allotted time. Though some argued that the guidelines were too strict—especially for men—this mandatory slim-down program met with little resistance. In Amagasaki, the city’s anti-metabo theme song blasts at local gyms:“Goodbye, metabolic. Let’s get our checkups together. Go! Go! Go!Goodbye, metabolic. Don’t wait till you get sick. No! No! No!”Maybe as an American...
...thousand shivering workers gathered outside the steel plants and shipyards of Amagasaki one day last week, crowding and craning for a look at an old, partly paralyzed man bundled inside a black Chrysler Imperial. He did not appear, but from a loudspeaker hooked up with the car, his deep voice boomed out: "My friends, I am Ichiro Hatoyama." The crowd waited for him to continue...
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