Word: tokyo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...basic views" on establishing normal relations with China, was a confidential policy and should not have been released. Then he disclosed that the Japanese have actually been working on a gentlemen's agreement with the Taipei regime that would allow the Nationalists to save face if a Tokyo-Peking agreement appeared imminent. Taipei would simply take the initiative in breaking off its relations with Japan "for negotiating with Peking...
Nikaido's statement was likely to infuriate the Chinese Nationalists as much as the erroneously released document unquestionably did. The accidental release of Tokyo's "basic views" on China also led to a furor in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that was likely to increase Tanaka's difficulties in gaining the base of support he needs to negotiate with Peking...
...Japanese are taking to being married in Christian ceremonies. This year 10% of all Japanese marriages are expected to take place in Christian churches-complete with white wedding gown, preacher, organ music and flowers-even though only 1% of Japanese are baptized Christians. At least 36 Protestant chapels in Tokyo cater especially to the "outsiders," but some couples even go to Guam or Hawaii for their ceremonies. The main reason they choose a Christian wedding: "It is so kakko ii [groovy]." Nevertheless, says the Rev. Eiichiro Ishii, "a mere contact with the atmosphere of the church might prove a first...
...banzai-type yell. Oldfield competed at the U.S. trials in a brief, floral-patterned swimsuit and a low-cut fishnet jersey. If these Americans fail to stir the Munich stadium crowds, West German Uwe Beyer almost certainly will. After winning the bronze medal in the hammer throw at Tokyo in 1964, Beyer gave up sport to enter his Nordic features and Mr. Atlas physique in show business. He flopped first in the movies, then as a crooner and vanished from the public eye. Now he is back, hurling the hammer better than ever...
...Walker is beginning another wide swing from the company's home base. This September he expects to sign leases to open three stores in Tokyo that will carry the Joseph Magnin name. With two local partners, the Daiei retailing chain and the C. Itoh trading company, Walker hopes to spread into other Japanese cities. He believes that Japanese young women want Western fashions and that "they have a tremendous amount of disposable income because they sensibly live at home when they start working instead of renting expensive apartments...