SECOND IN A THREE-PART SERIES — In its current issue, the popular monthly magazine Bungei Shunju has a long feature titled "Tekichushita yogen 50," meaning "50 predictions that hit the mark."
Most of the selections were made by famous Japanese people about the future of their country, and in this column last week I looked at some that were prescient of subsequent political developments. Now it's time to get a bit cultural.
"I'd have to say that radio and television, the most advanced media of mass communications, have given rise to the evolution of a movement that can only be called 'The idiotization of 100 million Japanese.' "