Word: yoshitaka
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...letter of thanks to Koyama, I quoted from Senior Writer Roger Rosenblatt's interview with Yoshitaka Kawamoto, director of Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Museum, in our July 29 cover story marking the Hiroshima anniversary. "Human beings are not likely to destroy everything," Kawamoto said. "We must leave our traditions to the generations." Including the tradition of folding 1,000 cranes and making a wish...
...Yoshitaka Hojo, 47, a sales engineer for a leading Tokyo appliance firm, went through such a routine six nights a week for 20 years. He admits he became a hopeless alcoholic. "I soon found myself drinking a bottle and a half of whisky per day." He was hospitalized 14 times, including five stays in a mental institution. Throughout this period, his employers showed extraordinary patience. So did his wife. Says Hojo: "Without their help I would have ended up in Skid Row." Instead, he joined Danshu-Kai. or the All-Nippon Sobriety Association, the Japanese equivalent of Alcoholics Anonymous, which...