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Japanese introduced to homeless (1331 words) |
 | Hideki Uemura strings a clothesline between two trees as the late-morning temperature pushes 90 degrees. |
 | Uemura, 47 and single, is stinging in his criticism of the situation. |
 | Long a home to gangsters, prostitutes and drugs, Kamagasaki was also where, during the boom years, people like Hirohata and Uemura could easily find work as day laborers in construction and on the docks. |
| NintendoLand - Profiles - Masayuki Uemura (424 words) |
 | In 1943 a little boy named Masayuki Uemura was born in austere, but due to the wartime bombings in this area his family was forced to move to Kyoto (which then was one of the safest places to be during the World War 2). |
 | Masayuki had incredible talent and after his graduation he got a job at Sharp, an electronics company that sold optical semiconductors used in solar cells. |
 | Masayuki was also quite amused by the fact that Nintendo had all these "serious men" employed thinking about making toys and games! |