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...trip to Austria. "The snowcapped Austrian mountains reminded me of Canada," he explains. "For weeks I was obsessed by snow and winter. I finally painted this to get the obsession out of my system. I always try to depict nature as I see it." ¶ Dynasty (opposite), by Kenzo Okada, one of Japan's leading moderns, who now lives in Manhattan. Okada, who came to the U.S. in 1950 with a full-fledged Tokyo reputation, feels his work has become liberated in the U.S., now sells out his shows at $3,500 tops. Dynasty harkens back to Okada...
Married. Hironoshin ("The Flying Fish of Fujiyama") Furuhashi, 27, Japan's onetime record-breaking long-distance swimmer, holder of the world's 1,500-meter mark (TIME, Aug. 29, 1949); and Keiko Okada, 21; in Tokyo...
Died. Admiral Keisuke Okada, 84, twice (1927-29, 1932-33) Japan's Navy Minister, onetime (1934-36) Prime Minister of Japan who opposed World War II; tried to brake Japan's runaway war machine; of pneumonia; in Tokyo...
Thus, a group of officers in 1936 sent soldiers to express their lack of confidence in Premier Okada; by mistake they shot instead the Premier's brother, who resembled him. Needless to say, the act did not pass unnoticed. Okada's political life was over...
...They Never Told Us." Soviet indoctrination, however, did not shield all the 2,000 from the impact of home. Private Masaatsu Okada stammered: "My heart is full." Some wept. Recalling the bare grass mountains of Siberia, Toshiji Sugimoto choked: "When we first saw the bamboo forests this morning . . ." He broke off. "I just can't put it in words...