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Word: ishiwata (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Usage:

...Yonai. He waded out into the public ring slugging. His first speech before the Diet was a huge success. He said nothing, and said it briefly, elegantly, forcefully. He was not worried about financial matters because he had achieved the major political triumph of persuading former Finance Minister Sotaro Ishiwata to demean himself to be the Premier's own secretary; nor about military matters because the Emperor had taken the spectacular, unprecedented step of calling in General Hata to bid the Army obey the Cabinet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Son of a Samurai | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

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