THE THOROUGHNESS OF JAPAN

Shannon News, 7 December 1928, Page 4

THE THOROUGHNESS OF JAPAN

It is said that the Japanese, in many ways, are one of the most conservative nations on earth. Yet they , ' are always prepared to accept the best in Western culture, and discard all the worst features of European civilisation. Their army and navy are living' examples of the national desire of modern Japan to keep abreast of the times, while tlieir buildings, system of local government, commerce, . newspapers and so forth are all evidence that the little brown people of the Orient are fully awake to the advantages of modern, scientific thought and progress. ' '' It was only, to be expected, therefore. that wireless would immediately appeal to this intellectually restless race. Typical of the sons of Nippon is a letter received lately by 2BL from ;S a radio fan in Japan which written in , English, reads: “Gentlemen. I receive your station every flight by. loud speaker. I will send you some., radio books and photographs by other mail on this day. And I will ykofid you music on radio by phonograph record that I will make in a short time.’V A unique experience, 1 indeed, for 2BL to receive a record made in Japan of the station’s own broadcast musia.