Word: nomura
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Much of what is called golf pollution is something altogether imagined or emotional," says Norio Nomura, an official at the Ministry of Construction in Tokyo. "When the most precious commodity in Japan-land-gets grabbed up fast, the people react sharply and emotionally." Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, a devoted golfer, adds: "Golf courses retain greenery. Japan needs more greenery and more golf courses...
...Blazer nearly flamed out in 1969 when, after averaging .275 for three seasons in Japan, the Hawks released him. But then Katsuya Nomura was named player-manager and insisted that Blasingame be signed as head coach. "Breiza is the best teacher in Japanese baseball," says Nomura, who is too busy catching every day to concern himself with strategy. "All the play-by play directions are in his hands...
...Grin. Blasingame also had to familiarize himself with the idio syncrasies of the Japanese game. It was most difficult for him to understand why fielders smile broadly after mak ing errors. "At first," he says, "I was appalled. No more - that's their way of concealing embarrassment." Says Nomura: "Breiza is so patient that he is almost Japanese...
...damage. But as the push toward reconstruction begins, this matter is receiving urgent attention from a special State Department task force headed by Assistant Secretary Marshall Green (slated soon to become Ambassador to Australia). Meanwhile, the most reliable overall damage estimate is that of Japan's Nomura Economic Research Institute, which places the reconstruction needs of both North and South Viet Nam at between $ 12 billion and $15 billion over the next ten years...
This characteristic finds an echo in business conduct. Western executives are often perplexed and sometimes misled by the extreme reluctance of the courteous Japanese to answer any suggestion with a flat no. Japanese are equally shocked by Western bluntness. Yoshio Terazawa, executive vice president of U.S. operations for Nomura Securities, a giant brokerage house, recalls the dismay of a colleague who watched an American lawyer spend hours haggling over the fine print of a contract. In Japan, such matters would be settled by gentlemen's agreement...