Word: hirohito
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...When Siamese King Prajadhipok journeyed to the U. S. to have a cataract scraped from his eyes he was sumptuously feted en route by Japanese Emperor Hirohito (TIME, April...
...Tokyo, after the usual consultation with Prince Saionji, "Last of the Genro" or Elder Statesman of Japan, Premier Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito & Cabinet adroitly decided last week, according to their Press spokesman, "to put the whole matter up to the Assembly." They advised the Privy Council and Emperor Hirohito that if the Assembly adopted the Report then Japan must refuse to accept it and withdraw from the League. For good measure the War Office spokesman said that Japan would intensify her offensive to take Jehol about the time the Assembly is expected to vote on the Report. Japan planned also...
...mite. Last week the Japanese mite was fixed, for patriotic purposes, at five sen (1? current exchange). Two million workers pledged that every month for the next three years each will pitch five sen into a "War Chest" of $720,000 which will be offered to the Sublime Emperor Hirohito, "Son of Heaven...
Saito Next? Touchy Japanese patriots boiled afresh last week at rumors that Premier Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito recently "affronted" Emperor Hirohito by speaking out of turn and ahead of His Majesty at the Imperial New Year's Banquet. In or out of turn, what Premier Saito spoke was a eulogy of his Emperor, yet zealots of the Imperial Banner Immortality Association began to distribute a "proclamation" which many a Japanese considered a death threat to Saito...
Hodo is "The Way of the Perfect Emperor" and War Minister Araki would put sword to his taut, flat stomach rather than doubt for a single instant the utter perfection of the "Son of Heaven," bespectacled Emperor Hirohito. Ergo the deeds of the Japanese Army, done exclusively in His Majesty's divine name, must be just, right and essentially merciful deeds...