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...diplomat in Asia suggests that Japan may be the first nation to score a breakthrough???a superpower without superweapons. Almost certainly, however, a nuclear-armed China will eventually persuade Japan to exorcise its post-Hiroshima trauma and begin building its own nukes. Unlike Peking, Tokyo has a head start toward a delivery system; two weeks ago, the Japanese became the fourth member of the exclusive space club (others: the U.S., the Soviet Union and France) by putting a 20-lb satellite into orbit from a launch pad on Kyushu Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Toward the Japanese Century | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

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