Word: yamada
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...peek into Sachs’ research group is enlightening at times and disappointingly stiff at others. Miller profiles each of the major players in the field: Kazuhiko “Kaz” Yamada, the Japanese master surgeon; David K.C. Cooper, the old-school British surgeon; and Sachs himself, a New York native who was nearly crippled by polio in the 1940s. But, save a few revealing outbursts in group meetings, Miller has trouble getting any of the players to go off-message, quoting formal-sounding statements in multi-paragraph chunks. They escape from their interviews with their press armor...
...entitlement and unrealistic expectations followed by depression and paralysis once the going gets tough. "People come in wanting to be designers or photographers or editors," she says, "but there are very few jobs in those fields posted here." While a few freeters may land fantasy jobs someday, Masahiro Yamada, a professor of sociology at Tokyo Gakugei University, is worried about the larger picture. "Freeters may choose the lifestyle at first, chasing a dream," he says. "But many will find themselves in middle age still chasing the dream." And he thinks the long-term effects are going to be disastrous...
...aging (and soon to be declining) population and China's challenge to Japan for Asian hegemony, and there's plenty of cause for national concern. Roppongi Hills may be ready for the future, but Ijiri and the kids hanging out in the Job Cafe Osaka are not. Sociology professor Yamada says the real problem crippling Japan is not the wealth gap between rich and poor but the "hope disparity"?a widening gulf between those who see a brighter future ahead and those who do not. In Osaka, Ijiri can relate. His father's generation, he says, believed that tomorrow will...
...come up with new products because Japanese lifestyles had changed so much," says company president Kenta Yamada, whose grandfather founded the business in 1919. An important step was making lacquer more affordable, partly by downplaying pricey occasional pieces in favor of everyday items like picture frames and kids' tableware. New production techniques, such as the use of synthetic varnish instead of traditional sap, helped cut costs, and savvier positioning introduced the brand to new markets. Some years ago, the Yamada Heiando store moved from Nihonbashi, Tokyo's best-known shopping area, to the hip neighborhood of Daikanyama, where funky boutiques...
...Yamada maintains some traditions, however. About half of his wares are still produced from wood and natural urushi lacquer by craftsmen in the Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures beside the Sea of Japan, where the moist air creates ideal conditions for varnishing. Yamada Heiando also remains a purveyor of lacquer ware to the Imperial Household Agency. Does that mean Japan's royals will be trying out Yamada Heiando's newfangled goods, like its natty lacquer cuff links? "I'd like them to," Yamada says, "but it's not so easy." Commoners, on the other hand, can't get enough...