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Barking orders to police cars by radio as he tears around Tokyo in his "Police Station On Wheels," slim, high-strung Chief of Police Shohei Fujinuma looks the picture of a genial, super-progressive 20th Century Japanese. One day last week the visiting puppet Emperor of Manchukuo, whose State junket to Tokyo has cost Japan $1,000,000 (TIME, April 15), departed laden with $150,000 worth of gifts, observing with Chinese dryness, "I should like to repeat this visit soon." Next morning Police Chief Fujinuma called in Japanese reporters, publicly sighed short pants of relief and gave them their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Police Dreams | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

Whether or not the Premier and Viscountess Saito evinced alarm, Tokyo Chief of Police Fujinuma was sufficiently upset by rumors of fresh assassination plots to have posted special police guards outside Tokyo's leading business offices, banks, the homes of Cabinet ministers and to have come himself to the residence of Premier Saito where he remained personally on guard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 16, 1933 | 10/16/1933 | See Source »

Tokyo was on edge. Assassination was in the air. Sentries guarded the homes of Cabinet Ministers. In his office, Tokyo Chief of Police Fujinuma nervously paced the floor. Finally he grew so nervous that he rushed to the residence of Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito, Premier of Japan. There he excitedly begged permission to remain personally on guard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Assassins, Crews & Sirens | 7/31/1933 | See Source »

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