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Even before he left Tokyo on an eleven-day good-will tour of five Southeast Asian capitals, Japanese Premier Kakuei Tanaka was aware of the smoldering resentment in the area of his country's overweening economic power. He knew that the abrasive aggressiveness of Japanese businessmen had earned them a reputation as "the ugly Americans of Asia." He realized also that bitter memories lingered of Japanese cruelties during World War II. And he had been warned that there would be demonstrations. But nothing prepared him for the enraged outburst of the thousands of shouting and jeering Thai students...
...Tanaka's jet landed at Bangkok's airport, there were only about 100 orderly protesters waving signs. Read one: TAKE BUT NEVER GIVE. Another said: SELFISH. For a brief moment, Tanaka dared hope that his agreement to meet with Thailand's powerful student leaders had defused plans for mass demonstrations. But his hopes were short-lived...
...Tanaka's motorcade neared the Erawan Hotel in the center of the city, it was halted by a crowd of 2,000 students. Police clearly showed that they wanted to avoid a confrontation, and so the demonstrators surged toward the approaching cars, screaming " Jap, go home!" and waving placards reading JAPANESE ECONOMIC ANIMAL...
Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka pledged the gift last summer on his visit to the United States. It was part of a 10 million package he distributed in $1-million chunks to American universities...
Gifts like that to Harvard have been received by nine other universities as part of a $10-million package announced this summer by Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka and President Nixon...