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Over the summer, with Richard Nixon's initiative toward China and his startling economic campaigns, foreign and domestic, an unfamiliar sense of drama has overtaken the Administration. Last week, as the President headed for his Alaskan meeting with Japan's Emperor Hirohito, and mainland China seemed astir with mysterious movement (see THE WORLD), there was anticipation of further surprises...
...Richard Nixon planning to fly directly to Peking after meeting Japan's Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage (see cover story, page 34)1 Nixon announced that he intended "no change" in his travel plans, and pointedly scheduled a meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for midweek...
...play a far different role in Japanese-American relations. According to the prepared script, a gleaming Japan Air Lines DC-8 jet swoops down at night for a refueling stop on its 7,700-mile flight from Tokyo to Copenhagen. Out steps no less a personage than Emperor Hirohito, 70, the first reigning member of his ancient dynasty to set foot outside the homeland, en route to Europe for an 18-day visit. Waiting to greet the Emperor during his 100-minute stopover is no less a figure than the President...
...meeting between Emperor and President is an unprecedented incident for the slight, shy Hirohito, the 124th ruler in an unbroken line that stretches back 2,600 years. He was considered "sacred and inviolable" in prewar Japan; under the constitution imposed on Japan after the war, he became no more than a "symbol of the state and of the unity of the people." As a figure shorn of real power, the Emperor carefully avoids political discussions. The list of acceptable topics for discussion at Elmendorf, therefore, consists of little more than anecdotes about Nixon's six earlier visits to Japan...
Against this background of U.S.-Japanese conflict, Emperor Hirohito's trip assumes new significance. While in most respects it is simply high-level tourism, the journey symbolizes an attempt to reach out to the West and to find ties with nations other than...