Word: showa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sasebo naval base on the southern island of Kyushu. But Japan has come a long way from 1960. There were some nasty-looking demonstrations in Tokyo and elsewhere, whipped up by the Socialists and Zengakuren, the far-left student organization. Cops banged heads as fluttering banners inveighed against Showa no kuro bune-the Black Ship of the Enlightened Peace Era. But the left-wingers were divided and the people generally unimpressed by scare slogans about the dangers of nuclear radiation. Most Japanese calmly watched the arrival of the submarine on television. Sasebo itself was so quiet that Seadragon...