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...Although the operation was developed in Japan 20 years ago, Dr. Overholt, whose Overholt Thoracic Clinic is one of the world's most distinguished centers for treatment of chest diseases, heard of the technique only in 1957. Then, a visiting Japanese physician described work done by Professor Komei Nakayama of Chiba University during World War II's blackout on international reporting of scientific advances. A huskily built, aggressive and imaginative surgeon, Dr. Nakayama reasoned that earlier operations on asthma patients had been based on mistaken theories of how human nerve networks function. He concluded that a minute organ...
Among the best of Japan's new print-makers is Tadashi Nakayama, 33, who switched from oils to woodprints only two years ago. Characteristically, he minimizes the realism of his dream-tossed horses (see color): "My real interest is not so much in horses as in the wind. I am fascinated by the way the wind can change the form of things-a flower, the hair of a girl, the mane of a horse...
...couple. When he missed, he tried to climb inside the carriage. As Michiko took refuge across Akihito's lap, two liveried footmen shoved the youth aside; half a dozen policemen knocked him to the ground and then led him away. He proved to be one Kensetsu Nakayama, a former gas-station attendant who had failed to pass two university entrance examinations. "I only wanted Akihito to get out and talk to me," he insisted at police headquarters. "I wanted to convince him that Japan should be a republic." Unaware of what genteel penury the Japanese royal family lives...
...Kensetsu Nakayama may have been the only stone-throwing republican in sight, but Akihito's unprecedented marriage was not quite the big draw everyone anticipated. Though officials had expected at least 1,000,000 people to jam the streets, only about half that number showed up; modern Japan preferred to watch the proceedings on television. Back in 1924, the Emperor's wedding had cost $1,500,000; the bill for Akihito's, with all banquets and receptions included, will come to only $140,000. The crowds waved and cheered, but not with the same frenzied banzais that...
Last week the Japanese Government announced that it would set up a Legation in Addis Ababa in January. To point the snub, first Chargé d'Affaires will be the present Japanese Counselor at Rome, Shoichi Nakayama...