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...DIED. NOBUO FUJITA, 85, the only Japanese pilot to drop a bomb on the U.S. mainland during World War II; in Tsuchiura. In 1942 Fujita embarked on a top-secret mission to create a huge conflagration in southern Oregon by firebombing its forests. Flying a tiny pontoon plane, he failed miserably, sparking only a minor brushfire...
...several dozen people on the platform who had either collapsed or were on their knees unable to stand up," recalls Nobuo Serizawa, a photographer. "One man was thrashing around on the floor like a fish out of water." Those who could walk staggered up three flights of stairs to the clean, fresh air. Some vomited; others lay rigid. Kennedy emerged, but he couldn't see; the gas had temporarily blinded him. Three young women clung together like small birds in a nest, trembling and crying. Yet they made no sound; the gas had silenced their voices...
...society, 98% of which is native born and historically chauvinistic, picked up on the horrific implications in the remark. Then the reaction from the U.S. hit the fan. William H. Gray III of Pennsylvania, black chairman of the House Budget Committee, angrily withdrew a dinner invitation to Japanese Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga. Representative Mickey Leland of Texas led the 21-member Congressional Black Caucus in calling on President Reagan to demand an apology. Esteban Torres of California and his 14-member Hispanic Caucus were equally furious...
...former Imperial Japanese Navy Pilot Nobuo Fujita, 73, the youngsters' visit fulfills a long-standing promise. In September 1942, Fujita flew two raids over Brookings in a tiny seaplane, dropping incendiary bombs in an unsuccessful effort to ignite the surrounding thick forests. Twenty years later, the Brookings Junior Chamber of Commerce invited Fujita, by then a prospering businessman, to serve as honorary grand marshal of the town's azalea festival. Fujita was so moved by the gesture that he vowed to reciprocate by having local youngsters visit Japan, but his business subsequently failed, leaving him penniless. The industrious Fujita spent...
...last of which determines admission to college and in effect a career. Individuals are driven, but academic achievement is a group endeavor. Everyone is expected to learn, and everybody does. "The teacher works to elevate the level of achievement of the class as a whole," explains Rutgers Education Professor Nobuo Shimahara. The Japanese make no effort to single out slow or gifted pupils for special classes. Nor are inadequate students held back; the shame is thought to be too great. But comprehensive exams given at the sixth, ninth and twelfth grades track the best scorers to the best schools...