Word: etsusaburo
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...samurai. Facing a concerted effort by bosses of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to force his early resignation, Miki defiantly announced during a televised press conference that he would refuse to step down prematurely. He also abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting with Party Vice President and Elder Statesman Etsusaburo Shiina, 78, that was widely expected to be the showdown between the Premier and his foes...
...task of selecting a new L.D.P. chief was entrusted to one of the party's most respected elders, its crafty Vice President Etsusaburo Shiina, 76. Often working late into the night, Shiina met with faction leaders, party elders and Diet backbenchers. From these conversations, he concluded that the selection of either Fukuda or Ohira might fatally split the L.D.P., ending its 25-year domination of Japanese politics. Shiina was also aware that the public had become seriously disillusioned by factional bickering within the party and by the still unrefuted charges of illicit financial dealings that drove Tanaka from office...
...time being, many foreign countries were stamping their feet instead, demanding a prolongation of the pause. The Japanese, for example, wanted more time to explore the possibilities of a breakthrough, even though Foreign Minister Etsusaburo Shiina had found no hint of one in a week-long visit to Moscow. Besides, Tokyo has built up a thriving trade with Hanoi and fears that renewed U.S. bombing might force its ships to steer clear of Haiphong, North Viet Nam's major port. Though the British bravely agreed to support the President, they would clearly have preferred that he prolong the pause...
...accord at Tashkent, the Soviets gloated over their new 20-year mutual assistance, friendship and cooperation treaty with Outer Mongolia, the pro-Soviet land on Red China's sensitive Sinkiang frontier. But this was not all. Now it was time for Moscow to greet still another Asian statesman-Etsusaburo Shiina, Japan's first foreign minister to come calling since the two countries renewed diplomatic relations...
...Kosygin-and did so as soon as he reached Tashkent for his peace talks with Ayub Khan. The Japanese, despite considerable reservations about the growing scope of the war, greeted Harriman warmly as shin-yo aru hikeshi otoko-"the trustworthy man who puts out fires." Foreign Minister Etsusaburo Shiina goes to Moscow this week to sign Russo-Japanese air and trade agreements, and, he, too, promised to urge upon the Kremlin the U.S. brief. Pope Paul, continuing the Vatican's campaign for an end to hostilities, announced he was ready to "attempt any means, beyond usual protocol" to facilitate...