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...however, Western capital has got a grudging go-ahead. The Japanese government has adopted a program of "capital liberalization" under which it promises to open "a considerable number of fields" to foreign companies. "The government," says the Finance Ministry's Yusuke Kashiwagi, who drew up the program, "has now given its word that it will liberalize as much as possible, and when the Japanese government gives its word, it always keeps it. Look at our record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Grudging Go-Ahead | 6/30/1967 | See Source »

...Story. Through three volumes of well-bred indiscretions Prince Genji proved himself master of the delectable art of making love. In the fourth, with old age creeping on, he proves himself master of the art of being betrayed. Kashiwagi, Prince Genji's friend, cuckolds him with his girl-bride, Nyosan. In the fury of discovery Genji plans glorious revenge. But his usual dignity, mellowed by age, prevents him from hasty action, and allows of reconsideration. For it has occurred to him that in his youth he had seduced a concubine of the old Emperor, his own father, and though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In All Dignity | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

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