Word: tokyo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...goal to bring the others out as well. "How could I forget Sakhalin?" he asks. "So many of my countrymen were languishing there, just as they are right now." Park believes since Japan forced the Koreans to go to Sakhalin in the first place, it is up to Tokyo to see that they get home...
...Zensho Shimasu." Park has formally petitioned the Japanese government 23 times to talk to the Soviets about the Koreans in Sakhalin. And 23 times Tokyo has responded "Zensho shimasu," or "We will act with prudence," a polite phrase the bureaucracy uses to brush off cranks and oddballs. Undaunted, Park has written endless letters to the stranded Koreans, using their replies to build an impressive dossier showing the indifference of governments...
Ford's schedule was plotted with careful respect for diplomatic niceties. After touching down at Fairbanks, Alaska, and Tokyo, Air Force One flew southwest toward Shanghai and then north to Peking, to avoid offending the Chinese by flying over South Korea. At the airport the reception for America's Fu-t'eh Tsungtun (Chinese for President Ford) was warm and less tense than the one extended to Richard Nixon...
...huge office of the Secretary of Defense fit his large frame better. His reach then went to Sitka, Bonn and Tokyo, instead of across a single desk piled with mail. He used to command 3.1 million people. He now has one secretary...
...tour of the U.S. had been a source of historical satisfaction to many Japanese, but last week, after he had returned home to Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito delivered an astonishing opinion that outraged many of his countrymen. During an unprecedented open press conference, Hirohito was asked his opinion of the U.S. use of atomic bombs in 1945. The Emperor paused, then replied: "I feel sorry for the citizens of Hiroshima, but the bombing could not be helped, as the war at that time was going on." That extraordinary remark understandably touched sensitive nerves throughout Japan. Said one official of the Japan...