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...bashing demonstrations, a regular and often violent feature of student life in Tokyo during the 1960s, are practically unknown these days. And while marginal politicians, assorted TV-news anchors and intellectuals are taking noisy potshots at the U.S., no important cultural figures in Japan -- such as, say, sumo superstar Takahanada or baseball's Hiromitsu Ochiai -- have been heard uttering such sentiments. Asks Ishikawa: "Everyone is saying, 'Apparently, there is a growing dislike of America,' but where is it? Who's doing the disliking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America in the Mind of Japan | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

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