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Article: New BOOKOFF chief started at the bottom: New BOOKOFF chief started at the bottom.
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- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2006
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Byline: Yumi Wijers-Hasegawa
Jun. 4--Mayumi Hashimoto's childhood dream was just to become a good mother. But while the media may dub her a Cinderella, most of her colleagues see it as a matter of course that Hashimoto, once a part-timer earning 600 yen an hour at BOOKOFF Corp., will become its president later this month. "I got tired of watching the gossip news on TV," she told The Japan Times in an interview Friday. "I thought I'd go earn some extra money for my children's education." That was her first motive to apply for a job at BOOKOFF's sole shop in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 1990. The firm has since become the operator of ...
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