Word: prewar
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...taken Ichiro Hatoyama a near lifetime of nimble politicking and Diet brawling, of playing along with Japan's prewar militarists and yet surviving them, of being purged by the U.S. occupiers and turning the purging to profit, of losing power and then grabbing it back. At last, at 72, he had unfurled the long-dusty banners of Japanese nationalism and marched with them to his life's goal...
...with indelible marks of U.S. occupation, but far less than and in different ways from those the occupiers intended. The once divine Emperor is now a constitutional monarch, comfortable to have around and to bow to, but without power that he might abuse. Land reform has broken down the prewar imbalance under which only 30% of the farmers owned the land they farmed: by last year, only about 1,200,000 acres were tenant-farmed...
Wearing his purge record like a boutonniere and his physical handicaps with a winning courage, the temporary Premier overlooked no opportunity to nail down his job. In the tradition of prewar Premiers, he hurried to the great Ise shrines to notify the Shinto gods of his election-a gesture of nationalism and a studied slap at foreigners who had tried to reduce the chauvinistic role of Shintoism. He distributed promises-cheaper fertilizer, lower taxes, more jobs. But most of all he appealed to Japan's reawakened pride as a nation, able once-more to stand on its own, free...
...domination are still there." Nevertheless, this wealthy and conservative politician is eager to negotiate a peace settlement with the Russians, and is convinced that trade with Communist China is vital to Japan's revival. The statistics suggest otherwise-China accounted for only about 12% of Japan's prewar trade-but the vision whets the desires of many Japanese. "I am convinced that China has no idea of trying to conquer Japan through Communist infiltration and violence," says Premier Hatoyama. "Right now I see no reason for regarding China as an enemy." Desire for Neutralism. Looking ahead, some Westerners...
...metropolitan U.S. since the war, all a statistician needs are the fingers of both hands. But to total the number of new motels that have sprouted up around big cities and along U.S. highways, the experts need an adding machine. What was once a sorry second choice for prewar travelers has skyrocketed into one of the biggest and fastest-growing of U.S. businesses. By last week, as winterbound families started planning their annual vacation motorcade, some 53,000 motels, doing a $1.5 billion annual business, dotted the roads from Maine to California. Of the total, 4,000 were built last...