TALLER JAPANESE
-—— e ADOPTION OF EUROPEAN CUSTOMS Frcnianf’c. June 19. Admiral Kobayashi, of the Japanese training sqmidron visiting Australia, said Hint. Hie sons ami daughters of .lapanese are much taller than their parents. School children in I lie past live or six years had discarded Hie Jananese kimono for European dress. Huis giving their arms and legs more freedom, and they now sat upon chairs to cat. or read inst—.d of the old-time custom of squatting on nulls. Prince Takamatsu, brother of the Emperor. who is aecompniiyiiig Hie Hoel, is 2(> years of age. lie expressed Hie hope that the cordial relations between Australia and Japan would always continue.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 222, 20 June 1928, Page 11
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109TALLER JAPANESE Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 222, 20 June 1928, Page 11
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