Word: chunichi
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Socialists massed 100,000 demonstrators around the Diet to shout futilely against the midnight ratification of the treaty. They carried signs reading "Kishi, Kill Yourself!" Across the street, in his official residence, Kishi passed the early hours of the evening watching a televised baseball game in which the Chunichi Dragons edged the Tokyo Giants, 3-1. Close to midnight, Kishi posed for news photographers and glanced at his watch. "Seven minutes more," he said, smiling. As the clock struck 12 and the Security Treaty was automatically ratified, he nibbled a sandwich but proposed no toasts...