Word: ryutaro
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Arriving in Manhattan for a five-day visit, Tokyo's Governor Ryutaro Azuma, 67, was greeted by Mayor Robert Wagner, paid a brief call on Japan's onetime military governor, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, still recuperating from a recent prostate operation (TIME, April 4). Asked if Manhattan and Tokyo have anything in common, Azuma, a man of few English words, tersely replied: "Yes. Traffic jams." While touring the city, Azuma's wife Teruko, 62 and mother of five, stumped her guides by mischievously inquiring: "Who owns the Statue of Liberty-New York or New Jersey...