日本ブレイク工業のガイドライン part14
【TIME】 ｷﾀｰｰｰｰｰｰｰｰ!!!!
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040112-570273,00.html
Monday, Jan. 12, 2004
When the average Japanese salaryman heads home each evening, you can bet the last song he
wants to hear from his car radio or earphones is his company's anthem, or shaka, the corporate
tune that employees are forced to sing at year-end parties and sometimes even during morning
calisthenics in the factory yard. Pity, therefore, the workers of Yokohama-based Nihon Break
Kogyo. After its anthem was played on a popular midnight variety show, Asahi TV's Tamori Club,
so many listeners responded with requests for copies that the company decided to release the
song as a single. It debuted last week at No. 22 on Oricon's weekly Top 30 singles list. The lyrics
seem ideally suited for Japan's trendy club scene: "We will destroy houses!/We will destroy
bridges!/We will destroy buildings!/To the East! To the West!" A corporate example of postpunk
nihilism? No, Nihon Break Kogyo is a demolition company.
From the Jan. 12, 2004 issue of TIME magazine
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040112-570273,00.html
Monday, Jan. 12, 2004
When the average Japanese salaryman heads home each evening, you can bet the last song he
wants to hear from his car radio or earphones is his company's anthem, or shaka, the corporate
tune that employees are forced to sing at year-end parties and sometimes even during morning
calisthenics in the factory yard. Pity, therefore, the workers of Yokohama-based Nihon Break
Kogyo. After its anthem was played on a popular midnight variety show, Asahi TV's Tamori Club,
so many listeners responded with requests for copies that the company decided to release the
song as a single. It debuted last week at No. 22 on Oricon's weekly Top 30 singles list. The lyrics
seem ideally suited for Japan's trendy club scene: "We will destroy houses!/We will destroy
bridges!/We will destroy buildings!/To the East! To the West!" A corporate example of postpunk
nihilism? No, Nihon Break Kogyo is a demolition company.
From the Jan. 12, 2004 issue of TIME magazine
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