Word: yamada
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lives in Nagoya, Japan's fourth largest city, working with just one coach, Machiko Yamada, and even living with her since Ito's parents separated 11 years ago. Albertville will be the culmination of 17 years' work for both women, and they are planning a program with somewhat more focus on artistry. It is unlikely, though, that they will try to imitate the lithe and pretty Yamaguchi. Says Yamada: "I always stress with Midori that this is a sport...
...Mtoshi Yamada, 43, a Japanese construction executive, has big plans for the next 10 years. He wants to pass six certifying exams in such diverse fields as health and real estate, read 480 books and buy some land to build a home. After that, he intends to bicycle around the world, go to art school and volunteer his services to a government-sponsored Peace Corps for the elderly. In fact, Yamada's schedule is chock full until 2018, when he plans to buy a grave. All this meticulous planning is his way of relaxing: once a self- described workaholic, Yamada...
...Like Yamada, many Japanese are belatedly discovering the joys -- and difficulties -- of relaxing. They still work among the longest hours in the industrialized world -- an average of 65 days a year more than Germans, and 25 more than Americans -- and take an average of only 8.2 days of paid vacation per year, but corporations as well as the state are urging them to take more time off. "The government doesn't want people to burn out," says Hidehiko Sekizawa, executive director of the Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living, a Tokyo think tank...