Word: kishi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took a tactful explanation from the British embassy to convince Premier Kishi that during his tour he should not attempt to lay a wreath at London's Cenotaph, the memorial to Britain's war dead. Unable to understand why the world is not willing to let bygones be bygones, the Japanese complain that they are not treated as equals, like the Germans, whose war guilt, they argue, was at least as great as their...
...Europe are voluntarily controlled to avoid provoking tariff quotas; export licenses are refused for inferior articles in an effort to upgrade the longstanding Japanese reputation for poor workmanship and imitative design. In his effort to convince the West that Japan deserves less suspicion and more comradeship, Kishi can boast that his nation is the most democratic in Asia, has the highest literacy rate, and possesses a competent work force whose real wages have risen 20% in the past five years...
...Kishi is carrying with him a suitcase full of decorations (ranging from the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum to Orders of the Rising Sun and the Sacred Treasure), and also awillingness to listen attentively to "frank expressions of views" from leaders of the West. Some of his problems...
...West Germany, businessmen fume at the flood of well-made Japanese binoculars, microscopes and cameras that not only crowd German products abroad but are making inroads at home. Steelmen in the Ruhr are disturbed at the recent appearance of competitively priced Japanese rolled steel in European markets. Premier Kishi will try to soothe ruffled feelings by pointing out that Japan buys more than twice as much from West Germany as it sells...
...Premier Kishi can point out that the Japanese government is honestly fighting against unethical practices. Last year the government itself sponsored an exhibition of horrible examples of design stealing by Japanese manufacturers in order to help eliminate this blot on Japan's business reputation