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...smiling crowds spilled everywhere. The sidewalks and street corners of Nagasaki were blocked as far as eye could see with politel^ jostling people, carrying glossy paper Japanese flags, waiting for the first glimpse of Hirohito's aging maroon Packard...
...Poised. Before the triumphal entry, the local folk spent long hours sprucing up the vicinity. Said an amazed G.I. jeep driver, noting that old holes in the road near Nagasaki had been filled in: "I hope this guy comes here more often. This is the first comfortable ride I've had." Schoolchildren swept streets and sidewalks with small brooms hours before the Emperor was scheduled to pass. This practice -; led Japanese Communists and many Americans to speak of Hirohito as hoki san, or "the broom...
...nervous, myopic little man with his bows and headshakings is still something of a comic figure, his Japanese subjects now call him ochitsuite (poised-and-at-his-ease)-a high personal compliment. Hirohito's /ords are few, but well chosen and sometimes surprising. To union bosses at Nagasaki's big Mitsubishi heavy-industry plant, he said warningly, "Thank you for your cooperation. I hope you will work for a healthy labor union." To coal miners, he appealed, "I should like to ask you to produce much more." To the children of the Catholic Holy Mother Orphanage at Omura...
...Sack Suit. The people are fascinated and curious to meet their ex-god in the flesh. Said a Nagasaki official: "No wonder the people are excited and happy. This is the first time they have really seen the Emperor. Before, we had to bow deeply when he passed. By the time we looked up he was already gone." In the country one old woman walked beside the Emperor for several minutes, staring at him in disbelief because he did not wear a uniform. Explained a Japanese journalist: "Now he is the sebiro no Tenno [Emperor in a sack suit]. Before...
Fuller Lives. The American Military Government has spurred local people to take steadily increasing responsibility. Nagasaki's normal cheerfulness has been largely restored by giving personal needs priority over industrial recovery. Food is nearly up to prewar level, with one-seventh the supply provided by America. Department stores are well stocked, especially compared to Europe. Steady progress has been made toward rebuilding the destroyed 47% of the city's housing...