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Japan, U.S. see different futuresWASHINGTON - Americans are far more likely than theJapanese lo expert another wwid *»r In their lifetime, according to AP-Kyodo palling 60 year* after Wirid War n ended Most people in bah countries believe the first u*»rf a nuctar weapcm is neversixcome United States i cm Japan The war claimed about WIOX) US troops around the world, more thanthree times that many Japanmtroops and at least 300.000 •civil-Out of the SieUntwdStates Urg'd a Hugh’DJ.'dore political Carlenalliance Says usingAmericans atomtc tombsand Japanese vsasomNeswy now gmerally base ixri fed mgs about each otherBut people in the two countries hare very different views on everything from the US. use of the atomic bomb In IMS. fears of Nlt;irth Korea and the American military presence m JapanSane erf the widest difference* camr on expectation* of a new woridwar.Six in 10 Americans said they think such a war is likely while only one-thud of the Japan** slid so. according to piling done in both counnin fa The Associ at*d Press and Kyoto, the Japan ese news service.Man's going to destroy maneventually When that will be. I don't knew said Gay* U-stacghr erf FYeeport. La.Some question whether that war has arrived, with fighting dragging on in Afghanistan and IraqI feel like vre're In a world war tight new” said Susan Aser. a real estate agent from Rochester NY.The Japanese were less likely than Americans to expect a world war. less worried about the threat from North Korea and less Inclined to ay a first strike with nuclear weapon, could be justi-IMThe Japanese people take peace for granted. said Hiroya Sato. 70. of TOkyo The Japanere people are not interested in thing* like war*President Truman decided to try to end the war by dropping atomic bombs cm Hiroshima cm .Auk 6. IMS. and on Nagasaki three rtays laterThe first two atomic bombs killed tens of thousands in Hiroshima and Nagaiaki; thou sands mem- gradually died with revere radiation burns Thore bombings led to Japan's announcement cm Aug. 15 that it wixild surrender.Twothlrds of Americans say' the ure erf atomic bimbs was unavoidable Only a percent of Japanese felt that way and thrw-fourths said It was nrt necessary Just one half of Americans approve of the ure of the atonicbombs on JapanBob Garapedian. an 81 year-old retiree from Colchester. Conn.. was preparing to fly fighter planes over the planned Invasion erf Japan when the war erritd Asked whether using the atomic bomb was appropriate, he said without hr* n at ion ~AbK«Ulrtyr But military instructor Hugh *DJ Carten. who lives near FatAP-KVOOONations onThe maionty of peoote polled n the UittM States and Japan have a on osues such as the use ot atom bombs m Japan m lt;945 anc fustPI Americans f I Japan®*® Favorable or untevorabie opinion ot the other countryVery tavwatxo 24*.t3Somewhat favorable Somewhet untavoraoio to Very unfavorable 5 Not sure 55755Truatwonhlneea ot other country's govemmsntTrusiwo»thy 59Nollrustworthy 32Not sure 9 123652Puture retattona wtth other country(Will get better 25 3Stay about the same 59Gat worse 15 9Not sure t 0Adding Japan permanently to U N. Security Council FavorOppose Nor sure262016lotiVory.26Somewhat Met. Ncx loo i«ey NO at all ike* Notsae I25293528*OT{ Tneus (WoMOMi »n0Knox. Ky. said: I tton'i think we really needed to do it WV dam near had the country starved to death We could have effected a blockade Stoptlrkm about the baraMngl is wtdtopread m Japan *1 often hear the banbings were not nrce«ary said Toyoka/u Katsumi. a V ymnM engineer from Vrfwhama. They lust wanted toexprcimrnt For Kkyvarotd Maoahl Muroi of Tokyo the attacks with atomictambs were mass, indlscnmi-nitr killings and prihap. viobti-d international law.The poll of 1(10 adults in the United States was conducled far the AP by Ip.* an internal icmal polling company, from Juh 510 and the poll of IMS eligible vxit ers in Japan was conducted far Kyoto by the Public Opinion Itosoarch Center from July 1-3 Uadi poll has a margin of saro pling error of plusorminutSprr
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