Recent Examples on the WebKaraoke became a Japanese obsession in the 1970s, associated with hard-drinking salarymen kicking back after work with sake and song.—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024 In Victoria’s telling, Franky’s Yoji is a divorced and demoted Japanese salaryman who chooses to abandon it all and head to Manila.—Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024 Across a 45-year career in the movies, Koji Yakusho has worked with every major Japanese director of his generation and inhabited over 80 characters, spanning salarymen, samurai, yakuza gangsters, taxi drivers, journalists, cops, killers, heroes, dancers, seducers and everymen of all kinds.—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023 Two Indian restaurants glowed next door, beside a man grilling eel under a tarp for some salarymen.—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023 The film follows Akio (Yo Oizumi) a beleaguered salaryman on the brink of divorce and with a fraught relationship with his college-aged daughter.—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023 The story focuses on a salaryman who finds an exciting new side to life while under siege from zombies.—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Jan. 2023 The owner and chef, Yuji Nonaka, 57, quit his salaryman job and started his restaurant 14 years ago with his wife, Kiyomi Nonaka, 50. Kiyomi discovered her love for Hawaii -- particularly hula dancing -- during a work trip as an 18-year-old.—Kathleen Benoza, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 The 48-year-old salaryman started fishing as a hobby during the pandemic.—Hanako Lowry, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
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