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University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 3, 1965
Tokyo Rises From War's Ravage
Bv Lacy Banks
Right off the eastern shores of Korea and Russia, there is a struggle taking place. The center of the struggle is located on the eastern shore of another country; an island empire about the size of Montana.
It is a giant metropolis rising from the beds of World War II rubble, yawning, flexing its muscles of over 10,000,000 human beings fighting to rise to a limitless level of modern growth.
This is Tokyo, the envy of the East and the crossroads of the world. It is the largest city in the world. It is a giant mirror reflecting the vitality, hopes and aspiration of all of Japan.
The activity of the city is tremendous and the velocity of life is swift. I was there before the Olympics and preparations for the games revealed the tempo of this fast-moving city.
POWER-DRIVEN jack hammers were everywhere, pounding and breaking concrete surfaces, thickening the air with dust and blanketing all surroundings with concrete snow. New roads were being laid while old ones were widened. Rivers were being filled and new subways were being installed. Modern hotels and offices were springing up.
Cambodia Breaks Relations with U.S.
PH NOM PENH, Cambodia — (UPI) — Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced today his Cambodian government has broken off diplomatic relations with the United States.
The prince announced the rupture in relations in a radio broadcast to the Cambodian people.
He said the action had been demanded by numerous popular manifestations which followed the "outrageous" story published by Newsweek, an American weekly news magazine, about Queen Mossamak.
It followed also, he said, the bombing April 28 by American and South Vietnamese planes of Cambodian villages in Kompong provinces in which he said civilians were killed.
U.N. Debates Island War
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—(UPI) —The United Nations Security Council meets today to discuss the crisis in the Dominican Republic. The Soviet Union demanded the session, charging the United States with aggression in sending troops to the island nation. The meeting was set for 10:30 a.m.
Secretary General Thant interrupted a trip to Geneva and returned to U.N. headquarters Sunday night to attend today's meeting. He expressed hope that the Security Council could "contribute to a peaceful settlement of the problem."
Thant declined to comment on the presence of U.S. soldiers in the Dominican Republic, the basis of the Soviet demand for the Security Council meeting. He noted that many Latin American nations "have expressed very serious concern" about the situation.
The United States, although not objecting to the council's taking up the Dominican issue, maintains that the U.N. body has no function there because the case is already being handled by the Organization of American States.
In only a few months the Japanese built a huge compound housing the 18th Olympic games. The Olympics have left Japan now, but I am told by people who have been there since that the activity that I saw there not only remains but has even increased. The activity that I saw was subordinate to a larger preparation for a more modern industrial center of the world.
Much of Tokyo was destroyer when the Allied forces bombed it during World War II, and the reconstruction taking place now is being carved out of a Western, modern pattern. Tokyo thus exemplifies perfectly blended mixture of exotic East and modern, industrial West. For this reason, it has replaced Shanghai as the "must" city of any trip to the Orient.
THERE ARE many examples preserving the tranquil and exotic splendor of a quieter past.
Tokyo still has Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines that number in the hundreds. Most of them have been destroyed at one time or another since their original construction, but their successors were built from the same blueprint and as much in the original pattern as possible.
When entering these dimly lit temples and shrines, one is immediately seized by the silence and solemnity reigning there.
There is usually a strong aroma of cinnamon or burning incense creating a feeling that one is actually smelling the oldness of the places and tasting the exotic splendors of the past.
These temples and shrines also
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of such composers as Beethoven and Mozart and others.
Who did all this? The Japanese people, Tokyo's main resource, have made the rejuvenation possible.
Every hour is a rush hour in Tokyo. Showers of people flood the streets and create a strong current flowing forward at a rapid pace. One has little time to wonder who started this pace when he is caught in it; but he had better fight for the sides if he ever expects to turn. Otherwise he may forever move with the swift human current of Japanese people and their culture advancing forward along a seemingly endless road of modern growth.
serve as museums and within them are stored scores of priceless relies of Japanese art in paintings, block prints, woodcuts, sculptures, waxworks and calligraphy. Most of these works are originals, centuries old.
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For example, Tokyo is the site of the main offices and industrial plants of such names in electrical appliances as Sony, National, Standard, Matsushita and Mitsubishi.
There are many examples of the modern, Western side of Tokyo. One first sees this in the architecture and in the towering smoke stacks and compounds of its internationally known industries.
THE LARGEST SHIP building plant in the world is just outside Tokyo. The Tokyo Tower, which is used by various communication companies as well as for sight-seeing, is the tallest (107 feet) in the world.
TOKYO still has its Geisha girls. The Geisha custom is one of the oldest traditions. Girls who wish to become Geishas must go through rigorous training. Many people have the wrong conception of the profession, which is a sincere and serious one.
The Ginza, a popular Japanese commercial district, is one of the most modern and colorful shopping centers in the world. Its many colored neon lights rival those of Times Square in New York.
Geishas are official hostesses of the Japanese culture. The word "Geisha" means "artists" and the girls are expected to be artists of the social graces.
While touring one of Tokyo's modern department stores, one is likely to be serenaded with classical music
They are trained in singing, dancing, conversing, performing the Japanese tea ceremony and flower arranging. They dress attractively and wear heavy makeup. They are usually found in high class entertainment places or at cultural centers where they introduce the Japanese culture to tourists.
This is that struggle on the East shore of Japan in a metropolis called Tokyo.
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