nations (such as ourselves, of course). However, today there are probably few people who don't realize that when cameras such as the Nikkon and Canon begin edging out the best products of Germany such as Leica and Contax, they are the product not of a nation of copy-cats but an intelligent, capable, aggressive people. Rapid changes are taking place in Japan, she has rebuilt the damage of the war years, she is quietly but deliberately and efficiently slipping out from under the thumb of American domination and again setting her own path. She is a modern, progressive nation, warm with life and growth. It will be interesting to watch her developments in the next decade. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. No visa is needed for a 72 hour layover, if you leave from the same port by which you entered. This time can be doubled if you have valid reason. You can also stay for a maximum period of six days if you apply to the immigration authorities at the port of entry for permission to land, in transit, for sightseeing. But in other cases a visa is necessary and there are several types of these. A transit visa is good for 15 days, a tourist visa for sixty days and if you wish to stay a longer period an entrance visa is required. In applying for a visa at any Japanese consulate or embassy you must be able to produce your ticket or a receipt for it as well as your return ticket to the United States, or a guarantee from some air or shipping line that you have reservations with them to leave Japan. Or, if you are to be staying in Japan for a time, a letter from your bank confirming your financial position (or some other proof that you won't became a liability to the Japanese government). In short, Japan is one of the more difficult countries to enter. § TRANSPORTATION. Japan is a considerable distance from our own country whether you head either east or west, but she can be reached readily by either sea or air. From the west coast by air both Pan American Airways and Canadian Pacific Airlines run to Tokyo. Prices at this writing are
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