Word: shinjiro
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Saji inherited his love for birds, along with his company, from his father, Shinjiro Torii, who at the age of 20 founded Suntory (the very name means "three birds"). In 75 years the company has expanded its output from one dessert wine to 118 products; it now holds more than 70% of the whisky market in Japan, which is second in size only to the U.S. market. With his own nest well feathered, Saji is able to turn to nonbusiness efforts. He sponsors two existing bird sanctuaries, plus another being established around one of his distilleries outside Kyoto. His company...
...Japanese officials flew to Seoul, where they bargained for hours by radio with the young radicals. Finally, Japan's Transportation Vice Minister Shinjiro Yamamura offered to accompany them to Pyongyang as hostage if they would let the passengers go. Eighty hours after the plane had been skyjacked, yellow steps finally were rolled up to it and 50 passengers debarked, many of them pausing on the way out to shake hands ceremoniously with their captors. Then Yamamura boarded the plane, after which the remaining 49 passengers were released. The free passengers were quickly flown to Fukuoka, where they were greeted...
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