eserved.PackeverythingupandgotherebytheendofJanuary."IlikethiskindofAmerialacrity.

    Itwasthefallof1990wheartedpagandpreparingforourstayintheU.S.Thoughatthattimewehadjustfihree-yearstayinEuropeandebacktoJapan,wewerestartingagaintostayabroadwithoutexaotigwhy.Ifeltitwasabithectic,butIdidntwanttolosethegoodcetoliveinPrionanyway.

    TheGulfWarbrokeoutwhenIwasootheAmerisulate.InataxiheadingforAkasaka,weheardthenewsontheradiotellusthattheAmeriforcesattackedBaghdadwithmissiles.Itwasnotagoodsignforus.WecouldeasetoliveinAmericawhenitwasatwarwithatry,evenifthetrywasveryfaraway.Butallthepaperworkhadbeenfinished,andwehadnochoicebuttogototheU.S.Asaresult,wehadnowar-influenourstay,butwedidntfeelfortableiriotidmaoodofthesociety.OnceIsawastudentdemonstrationonthecampusofPrionlacardthatread"TheGulfWarissomething...."Iremembered"thegoodoldanti-rotest,"butwhenIwatchedmorecarefully,Ifounditwasa"pro-war"demonstration.Ihavenoiiontointerfereinsomebodyelsesaffairs,butItookthefacttoheartthatthetimeshavereallyged.LaterwhenItalkedwithastudentatRutgersUy(itisamoreaverageuythough),thestudentsaid"ItisbecauseofPrion,Mr.Murakami.Wehadananti-rotestallright."LaterinPrionwehadviolenttroublewhenpro-warstudentsattackedanti-warstudentsandsnatchedtheirplacardsandbrokethem.

    Butanywaythatwarcametoasuccessfulend,andwheartedfeelingatease,theurbulenceoccurred;theriseofJapanbashingthroughoutthetrybeforetheapproag50-yearanniversaryofPearlHarbor.Thisatmospherewa