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Word: shinji (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ponderous speaker but a man of steadying weight in a nation ready to take off in many directions. He reads "middlebrow" samurai novels (the Japanese equivalent of westerns), and watches with benevolence the careers of his two sons, Ryutaro, 38, an oil-company executive, and Shinji, 34, who works for the Nippon Kokan steel company. To the looks of a Kabuki actor, Sato adds a very calculating eye for his own position and a buoyant sense of balance when it comes to his party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: The Right Eye of Daruma | 2/10/1967 | See Source »

Going for Gold. No one took greater pleasure in the victory than Shinji Hi-raki, the company's founder and president-and no one has more confidence in Riccar's athletes. "I am sure that Yodasan will do better the next time," he said. Hiraki has a special reason for believing that playing games is good msiness. A third of his 18,000 employees take part in a company-sponsored after-hours sports program, and the top 100 or so athletes are housed in special dormitories and given practicing hours off with pay. Barring upsets and injuries, Riccar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Sewing Up the Game | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

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