One day last week the "extra" bells in Tokyo newspaper offices jangled urgently. The best & biggest news since the occupation came clacking over the teletypes from Washington, D.C.: the U.S. had renounced all further reparations claims on Japan. It was the most striking proof the West had yet offered that it had abandoned its postwar policy of keeping Japan on her knees, seriously meant to rebuild Japan's shattered economy.
The general comment from Japanese was: "Arigatai des" [We're grateful]. But there were some skeptics. Said one young Japanese: "Sure, we're terribly grateful for this. Still, if they wanted to...
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