Word: dan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...another subsidiary warehouses one-fifth of everything warehoused in Japan, and still another dominates Japanese insurance. Japanese call Mitsui Gomel Kaisha a "business empire." Its prime minister for the last 18 years has been Baron Dr. Takuma Dan...
...Western humanitarianism into the Mitsui Empire. The House of Mitsui, richest in Japan, have paid him as director of their interests $291,000 yearly, largest Japanese salary. When the House of Rockefeller wanted to give Tokyo a present of $1,600,000 they put the money into Dr. Dan's able hands, knew it would be wisely given...
Last week when the twinkling limousine of Dr. Dan drew up at No. 1 he rose from his seat a little slowly and stiffly, for he was 73. Just as the old man alighted a youth of 21 dashed forward, fired one shot...
Quick as a panther, Dr. Dan's chauffeur sprang on the youth, wrenched the pistol from his hand before he could fire a second shot. But crumpled on the pavement in front of No. 1 lay Dr. Dan...
Mitsui clerks rushed to help the Mitsui doorman carry him into No. 1. Doctors arrived. Just 30 minutes after the bullet was fired, Takuma Dan died. He was one of only four Japanese peers created by the present Emperor as part of his coronation ceremonies, a pluperfect honor...