Word: hirohito
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile the 64th session of the Diet, opened by Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo this week, faced the most colossal public debt ever incurred by Japan: nearly seven billion yen ($3,500,000,000 at par, $1,400,000,000 at current exchange...
...railway station at 7 a. m. when Conqueror Honjo's special train chuffed in. On the platform stood princes of the Royal House, six Cabinet Ministers and the Imperial Chamberlain who solemnly stepped forward to bestow on General Honjo the divine welcome of the "Son of Heaven," Emperor Hirohito...
Thundering over Eastern Inner Mongolia while Emperor Hirohito spoke of wool & apples, a squadron of His Majesty's bombing planes made what they called a "reconnaissance." When the bombers returned to their base they had dropped their bombs, mostly in Chaoyang, the gateway to Jehol. This bombing was most unfortunate, Japanese Press spokesmen said, but what else could bombing planes engaged upon a peaceful "reconnaissance" do when wantonly fired upon by Chinese soldiers from the ground? If they fired, the Chinese marksmen brought down no Japanese plane. But the Japanese bombs killed scores of Chinese, wrecked the ordnance factory...
...better for Japan. According to Chinese reports, Japanese soldiers have seized in Manchoukuo real estate, palaces and stocks of opium worth $10,000,000 belonging to General Tang. Better for Japan than realty and opium are the three main products of Eastern Inner Mongolia, about one of which Emperor Hirohito spoke last week: wool, hides, wheat. With extreme Oriental acumen Governor Tang rushed eight motor truck loads of "treasure" from Jehol into the Italian Settlement at Tientsin last week. Thus, if General Tang sides with Japan, the Japanese garrison at Tientsin will render his treasure particularly safe...
Good Sport-Japan's Imperial House has no name. On April 29, 1901 the present Emperor was born and named Hirohito while his grandfather the great Emperor Meiji was yet alive. Because his father was strong neither in body nor in mind (though he begot four lusty sons), Prince Hirohito was thrust into every form of sport, even wrestling. Justly and modestly he has observed: "I am not really good at any sport. In swimming, however, I rather think I can hold...