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...ritual, Akihito's betrothal was hailed in Japan as the imperial family's greatest leap toward democracy since Hirohito threw off the myth of imperial divinity in 1946. Not only was the engagement "a triumph of youth and love." said Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama, it had "shattered court conventions." "The prince," said the Japan Times, "has set a seal on the democratization of Japan." For Akihito. who has long rebelled against living behind a "chrysanthemum curtain," there will be other seals to set. When he was only three, he was, as tradition decreed, taken away from his parents...
...those five hours was a mechanical marvel nicknamed "Little Boy." A vaguely cylindrical device, it measured 129 in. long, 31½ in. in diameter, weighed 9,700 Ibs. Four antennas bristled from its tail; its tungsten-steel nose glistened; on its grey flanks were scrawled obscene greetings to Emperor Hirohito...
After five years of operation, Japan now has 1,400,000 sets in operation. No bar, restaurant or coffeehouse can afford to be without one. There are quiz programs, broadcasts of baseball games and many imported U.S. film series (Emperor Hirohito's favorite program is Superman). Viewers who want no part of commercials can tune in on the 19 government-run stations, which operate on the lines of Britain's BBC. But the seven commercial stations have more business than they can handle and their number is increasing by the month; by year's end commercial stations...
...Europe for an art show and the beginning of Paris-Tokyo service by Air France, Japan's Prince Takamatsu took along some simple requests from the folks back home. On the wanted list: for Emperor Hirohito, an old pro at marine biology, scientific data on Hydrozoa and the latest French research on oysters; for Crown Prince Akihito, three kinds of tropical fish; for Prince Mikasa, the Emperor's youngest brother and a history prof at Tokyo Women's Christian College, a museum catalogue on archaeology...
Indonesia edged closer and closer to revolt. In sweltering Djakarta, politicians apprehensively swapped rumors, and the press daily demanded the return of President Sukarno from his extended vacation. "Dally no more," urged the Times of Indonesia. But in Tokyo, Sukarno dallied on. He lunched with Emperor Hirohito, visited shrines, bandied compliments with Miss Nippon of 1951. "There is no cause for alarm or anxiety," said Sukarno...