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...shoppers had witnessed one of the critical tests in the first U.S. class $ conducted by Kanrisha Yosei Gakko, a renowned Japanese management training school. Known as a "hell camp" for salespeople and managers, the school requires students to sing a "sales crow" song -- so named because the singers are supposed to sound like cawing crows -- in a public place to break down their inhibitions. The curriculum includes memorizing rules of behavior, constant oral testing on classroom work, writing speeches and delivering them in stentorian tones, along with a 25-mile hike and other strenuous physical exercise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to Hell Camp | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Kanrisha Yosei Gakko was founded in 1979 by Ichiro Takarabe, a former educational-materials salesman. Takarabe's aim was to turn out more aggressive salesmen and managers, breaking down the traditional Japanese reserve. He started with six students in a small wooden shack on Tokyo Bay, but the school expanded rapidly and became an established part of Japan's corporate scene. Now located in Fujinomiya, a small city at the foot of Mount Fuji, the school boasts 100,000 graduates, most of whom were sent there by companies like Honda and Hitachi to be toughened up for the no-holds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to Hell Camp | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...Librarian of the Divinity School received recently from Rev. Clay MacCauley, President of the Jiyu Shiu Gakko (School of Liberal Theolgy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Interesting Relic. | 11/7/1893 | See Source »

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