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...disaster underscores the problem of crowded skies. Near-collisions have risen to an estimated 200 per year in Japan and 600 in the U.S. Ichikawa's instructor, Captain Tamotsu Kuma, said that "with civilian jets flying upstairs all the time and civilian propeller planes downstairs," it was almost inevitable that military aircraft would continue to stumble into commercial air lanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: The Worst Ever | 8/9/1971 | See Source »

...introduce the sordid business of jail. At one flower-viewing he nabbed a thief who had filched a pair of ladies' bloomers, and hauled the miscreant off to headquarters. All in all, he captured close to 3,000 Nip dips, including the acknowledged master of them all, Ito Tamotsu. These incidents were usually conducted in a spirit of professional courtesy. "Ah, Tamotsu," said Utsugi when he copped the notorious Ito with his hand in an alien pocket for perhaps the 19th time, "I have caught you once again." "So you have," acknowledged Tamotsu with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Pickpocket's Pickpocket | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

Last week, at 82, Pickpocket Tamotsu was back in the streets of Tokyo, presumably still plying his trade, but his old adversary was no longer on his track. After 40 years on the force, 68-year-old Inspector Utsugi had retired. "I shall probably meet Tamotsu again one day," he sighed, "and I shall say: 'Are you behaving yourself?' He will answer: 'Ah, yes, I am just taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Pickpocket's Pickpocket | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...chief Jew-baiter of Hitler & Co., quarreled last week with Hermann GÖring over their respective scales of living, that Streicher had been flung into a concentration camp, saved from execution only by the personal intervention of A. Hitler. When interrogated about the alleged GÖring deposit, Tamotsu Nishida, manager of Sumitomo Bank, Ltd., declared: "Oh, there must be some mistake. We are only a foreign branch for the home office at Osaka. . . . We don't accept deposits." In Washington, SEC admitted having received the British information on A. Hitler & Co.'s foreign holdings prior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROPAGANDA: Heavy Blows | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

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