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Three candidates for the succession, all hale and heartily conservative but not a great deal younger than Hatoyama, presented themselves: Nobusuke Kishi, 60, the party's crafty, pushing secretary-general; Mitsujiro Ishii, 67, its astute planning chairman; and Tanzan Ishibashi, 72, oaken-faced Minister of International Trade and Industry. With no real dispute about policy between them, all vied in vowing to "clean up the party and restore ethics," and boasted of their health. Kishi pointed out that he was the youngest; Ishibashi crowed that "I can eat and drink anything," and that he sleeps well. Amidst reports...
Thus, when things go wrong, a sudden sickness or a layoff, the plight of the worker can quickly become catastrophic-as in the case of Tatsuji Ishii, 43-year-old Tokyo tinsmith. As an artisan with a skimpy one-man business, Ishii had no salary and no union card, but he had a wife and five children. He owed the grocer, the milkman, the rice dealer. Two weeks ago he sold the family sewing machine to pay the milkman. Last week he fed the whole family a ceremonial meal of rice and red beans. Afterward Ishii strangled his wife...
...Ishii smiled and said: "We have all eaten such a big dinner that my family is taking a nap and I am going for a walk to help my digestion. I will pay you in full in a few minutes." Then Ishii threw himself in front of a passing train...
...year by winning the National AAU's held in Iowa. That summer he was selected for a team of five wrestlers which toured the islands of Japan. His record for the sojourn was five wins and three defeats. During this time he twice competed against the Olympic champion, Shohaci Ishii...
...After seven months' warning, and over the shrill protest of Japanese Ambassador Itaso Ishii, Brazil suppressed all foreign-language newspapers. Thirteen were German, two Italian, three Japanese, one Spanish, six English, eight Arabic, two Jewish, one Polish, one Hungarian...