Word: araki
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hokkekyo was not the only place in Japan last week where the interests of God and Mammon were becoming entangled. Shinsho Temple's plump, leathery Abbot Araki had to journey 40 miles to Tokyo to find out where his temple and its 350 employees stood under the new Labor Standards Act. So far his only word of encouragement has come from Temple Warehouse Keeper Shigeru Shinohara, head of the union of which 252 temple workers (including all 22 priests) are members. "We want regular wages," Shigeru said, "but no regular eight-hour working days. Sometimes a whole delegation...
...Kiska, now between Americans on Attu and Americans on Amchitka, the Japs have a fighter strip, several thousand bomb-harried troops, a seaplane base, and a haven for submarines. The Japs' General Baron Sadao Araki was not sanguine. Said he: "Setbacks there and at home will only increase our strength...
...retired general, Heisuke Yanagawa, was made Justice Minister, a post hitherto held by trained jurists. Domei news agency, which is seldom wrong about Japanese politics, last week predicted that General Baron Sadao Araki, one of Japan's most notorious firebrands, would soon be given a Cabinet post...