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...Greene, who was born in Yokohama, Japan, is an outstanding authority on American-Japanese relations. He has been associated with many organizations fostering international relations with the Japanese and has been president of both the Japan Society and the American Asiatic Association...
...Datsun advertisements the happy passengers are whites, even when the entire text is in Japanese. Prices f.o.b. Yokohama: Roadster, Yen 1,775 ($514.75); Phaeton, Yen 1,850 ($536.50) ; Sedan, Yen 1,975 ($572.75).* Advertised mileage: 50 per gallon. Speed: 45 m.p.h. Rueful Manhattan executives of Mitsubishi admit that there is not a single Datsun in North America (Chile has many), offer eagerly to supply a sedan (considered their swankiest model) for $660 at Mitsubishi Co. Ltd., No. 120 Broadway...
Actors Laye and Novarro sing pleasant but unremarkable Sigmund Romberg-Oscar Hammerstein II songs, one of which begins: "There's a riot in Havana, a famine in Tibet, a quake in Yokohama. ..." The Night Is Young would probably be less dull if Edward Everett Horton and Charles Butterworth were given more elbowroom for their dependable buffooneries. Driving Miss Laye through the streets in a pouring rain, Butterworth sneezes, says, "Well, the suspense is over now-I know I'm catching cold...
...above all quick was the line he took when the National City Bank branches in Japan were threatened after a rumor that their managers were guilty of "photographic espionage" (TIME, Sept. 19, 1932), and when Japanese hoodlums set out to destroy the Singer Sewing Machine branch office at Yokohama with cordwood clubs (TIME, Jan. 30, 1933). In both cases Ambassador Grew was at the Foreign Office almost before its officials knew that trouble had broken. In both cases, by reminding the Japanese with courteous firmness what protection their property in the U. S. has always enjoyed, Ambassador Grew was able...
Arriving in Yokohama on August 16, the Crimson nine proceeded to win its opening game 4-2 against Imperial University two days later. Thereafter, Harvard went to a slump and took only three of the remaining nine games. Harvard lost to the Tokio Baseball Club Hosei, Rkkyo and Meiji before it found itself and finally stopped Keio...