Word: yokohama
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...YOKOHAMA, JAPAN...
...YOKOHAMA, JAPAN...
...father worked a full-time job in Yokosuka and later in Yokohama, but always had time for my mother, brother and me because work ended at the stipulated time. When Asian men put their wives and children ahead of their office, and employers heed work hours, marriage will be worthwhile and there'll be more happy spouses and children. Michael G. Driver, Ichihara, Japan...
...From Boston to Chicago to Asia - the early '80s supergroup sold out a recent Japan tour - the bands "of yore," as Japanese concert promoter Keisuke Hirano calls them, can fill the halls of Yokohama or Osaka or Nagoya with middle-aged salarymen recapturing the youth they wished they had. And being "big in Japan" has kept many a washed-up rocker in leather pants and alimony payments...
...picked up in her years as a temp - like preparing perfect sashimi. In fact, Haruko's victories are on-screen justice for real-life temps. "It feels good to see Haruko tell full-timers things that you cannot say face-to-face," says Kaoru Ishizaki, an office manager in Yokohama who is a fan of the show and a former temp herself...