Word: sensei
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ambassador's tenure in Tokyo, the Japanese press had lost some of its exhalted respect for the sensei (honored teacher). In more and more circles of the Japanese government, there was unflattering talk of the "two Reischauers" -- the diplomat who defended his government's Asian policy inflaggingly and the scholar who harbored serious doubts about "absurd" tragedies like the war in Vietnam...
...member of a distinguished Japanese family, speaks the language fluently and is one of the world's leading authorities on Japanese history. In scores of articles in Japanese publications and in close personal contacts with Japanese from virtually every walk of life, the ambassador-who was respectfully labeled sensei, honorable teacher-was a powerful influence in restoring the nation's self-confidence...