1 part were discarded at the end of the occupation. Some innovations did stick. Those were the emphasis placed on democratic spirit, an ex tension of compulsory education from the sixth to the ninth grade, group instruction, co - educational schools and social science courses. Despite the surface upheaval, feudalism still has a stronghold among the Japanese. Shinto, the ethnic cult and religion which the occupation tried to wipe out. re mains. So do arranged marriages and the Confucian code, with its emphasis upon the family first. The sister of Dr A. Tyree Finch, of Farmville. told her audience that the chief gains of the occupation have not been in the field of edu cation. Agrarian reforms have had a marked effect upon the Japanese economy, and the virtual emanci pation of women is beginning to bo felt. There are already more women in the Japanese Diet than there are women in the U. S. Congress. Tin'n are still problems in inter
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