Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...faced about to receive the rope, a Buddhist priest heard him voice a wish "for the Emperor's long life." Then justice, if justice it was, overtook the Tiger of Malaya...
...Potsdam Declaration stated that the Japanese people would choose their own form of government. This week, Hirohito began his campaign to be kept on as Emperor. He was running on a New Deal ticket...
...over, he sighed, "Ah so." Then His Majesty wandered like a scared mouse through the maze of plant wreckage. Before one of the workers, lined up to get their first imperial glimpse, he paused nervously. "How long have you been working here?" "Fifteen years." "Ah so," said the Emperor. "So desu" ("That is so"), snapped the worker with finality. Following chalk marks, Hirohito approached an aged, dirty-faced woman. "Are you working hard?" "Yes, I'm doing my best," stammered the woman. "Ah so desu," concluded Hirohito, bowing stiffly...
...sufferers he was visibly moved as he guided his pointed tan shoes from dingy room to dingy room. He spotted a soldier with a wooden leg, addressed the man's wife: "Where did your husband get wounded?" "The Philippines," answered the woman. "Ah so," said the Emperor. "In the Philippines. Ah so. You have children. I'm sorry. This place is rather cold. But it will become warmer. I hope you will cheer up." The woman bawled. Embarrassed, Hirohito darted...
...progressive Zenshinza troupe is performing a four-hour-long version of John Drinkwater's generation-old Abraham Lincoln. The stilted, undramatic play is nothing in itself to warm audiences up. Neither is the name of Lincoln, which to most Japs is far more hazy than hallowed-even though Emperor Hirohito has a "cherished" bust of him in his temporary palace. But the production, with popular, 5 ft. 7 in. Actor Chojuro Kawaraskai playing Lincoln, shows great technical skill; and the theme of Emancipation arouses great interest...