[RECITER, spoken]
I am the Emperor Meiji. Rise and listen. Rise! In the name of progress, we will turn our backs on ancient ways, eliminate all obstacles which hinder our development. We will make the nation over, and we will do it sooner than you think!

[SOLO MAN]
Streams are flowing
See what's coming
Next!

[TWO MEN]
Winds are blowing
See what's coming
See what's going
Next!

[THREE MEN]
Roads are turning
Journey with them
A little learning—
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[BUSINESSMEN]
Waters churning
Lightning flashes
Kings are burning
Sift the ashes—
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[ENSEMBLE]
Tower tumbles
Tower rises—
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Tower tumbles
Man revises
Motor rumbles
Civilizes
More surprises—
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Learn the lesson
From the master
Add the sugar
Spread the plaster
Do it nicer
Do it faster
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[RECITER, spoken]
The practical bird
Having no tree of its own
Borrows another's

[COMPANY]
Streams are roaring
Overspilling—
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Old is boring
New is thrilling
Keep exploring—
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First the thunder—
Just a murmur
A little blunder—
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Then the wonder
See how pretty—
(Going under
What a pity!)
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Streams are flying
Use the motion—
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Streams are drying
Mix a potion!
Streams are dying
Try the ocean!
Brilliant notion—
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Never mind a small disaster
Who's the stronger, who's the faster?
Let the pupil show the master—
Next!
Next!
[A VOICE, spoken]
There are two hundred twenty-three Japan Airline ticket offices in one hundred fifty-three cities throughout the world. 

[ENSEMBLE]
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[ANOTHER VOICE, spoken]
There are eight Toyota dealerships in the city of Detroit, and Seiko watch is the third best selling watch in Switzerland. 

[ENSEMBLE]
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[THIRD VOICE, spoken]
Fifty-seven percent of the Bicentennial souvenirs sold in Washington, D.C. in 1975 were made in Japan. 

[ENSEMBLE]
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[FOURTH VOICE, spoken]
This year Japan will export sixteen million kilograms monosodium glutamate, and four hundred thousand tons polyvinyl chloride resin. 

[ENSEMBLE]
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[FIFTH VOICE, spoken]
From the Ministry of Health: By 1978 some of the beaches on the Inland Sea will be re-opened for public bathing. 

[ENSEMBLE]
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[SIXTH VOICE, spoken]
1975 Weather Bureau statistics report one hundred and sixty-two days on which the air quality in Tokyo was acceptable. 

[ENSEMBLE]
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Never mind a small disaster
Who's the stronger, who's the faster?
Let the pupil show the master–
Next!

[RECITER, spoken]
Nippon. The Floating Kingdom. There was a time when foreigners were not welcome here. But that was long ago. A hundred and twenty years. 

Welcome to Japan. 

[ENSEMBLE]
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Next!
Brilliant notions
Still improving!
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Next!
Make the motions
Keep it moving—
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