Word: ishimoto
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...clear-cut victory (about 300 seats). Unexpected was the strength of the Social Democrats, who stand for evolutionary socialism (about 90 seats). The Communists, despite militancy and tight organization, got only five seats. Most revolutionary was the election of 38 women, including Mrs. Shidzue Kato, the former Baroness Ishimoto, famed as the Margaret Sanger of Japan. At least 13 ballots were merely marked "More Food," one was cast for Harry Truman, and a dozen bore the write-in "General MacArthur...
...Japanese accepted, planning to attend in native costume or uniform. The Dutch sent word that those who attend receptions of the Governor General always go in formal European dress. Immediately, each tailor shop in town received orders for five or six small tail coats. At the reception, Colonel Itsuo Ishimoto of the mission drank more Bols gin than was good for him, became attracted by the long curved creese of a Javanese prince. The creese is more than a sword to the Javanese; it is a sacred symbol, and if it is drawn rashly and without preliminary invocations, Javanese believe...