Five years ago, Eriko Fukuda could have been forgiven for thinking that life had dealt her a poor hand.

五年前，福田惠理子认为她的人生坎坷。

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Eriko Esaka, representative from Nagoya, recognized the winning posters from her city as soon as she stepped into the gallery.

日本名古屋的代表江坂惠里子，一眼就认出了来自自己城市的获奖作品。

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But in a nation frozen in downsize mode, Yamazaki Eriko has caught the imagination of talk-show hosts, career men and women as well as homemakers.

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