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Wholesale Murder? Camaraderie, however, was notably absent last week. The chimneys of all but a handful of the city's sento were smokeless, and signs on the doors read, "Suto-Chu [On strike-closed]." The sento suto was called because the city government had been stalling for nearly six months on granting a rate increase from 6.3? to 8.8? per adult admission requested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Bathhouse Business Association on grounds of "increased expenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Hot Water | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

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