Word: nohmura
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...Japanese worker, his company is not an oppressor but rather the source of his income and the expression of his place in society. Says Ryutaro Nohmura, 57, who owns a tentmaking firm in Osaka: "Employees in Japan view their company as an extension of their family life. Indeed many of them equate the importance of their company with that of their own life...
...rule. Top executives are expected to spend up to three or four nights a week entertaining-eating in posh restaurants or golfing on lush greens. When a Japanese company launches a new product, its executives entertain prospective buyers to help them reach a consensus fast. Says Ryutaro Nohmura, a leading tentmaker: "Kosai-hi is nothing less than the lubricant for our enormous business machine, the very source of our economic vitality...
That is hardly a radical solution, but kosai-hi supporters explain that the business of Japan is business. Says Tentmaker Nohmura: "A three-martini lunch is fine, but why not make it four or five? Nobody will question the bill so long as it helps business...