Word: japanism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Japan had a new Foreign Minister last week in the person of grinning, toothy Hachiro Arita. A career diplomat with a long record of service in Brussels, Vienna, Washington and Peiping, he was always considered a liberal, anxious to see the army curbed until he was sent to China in February. Amiable Ambassador Arita arrived at Nanking on a gunboat with decks cleared for action, has been hand-in-glove with the militarists ever since. Returning from paying his respects to his Emperor last week, the new Foreign Minister announced with a wave of his gleaming silk...
Still hanging fire last week was the proposal, accepted in principle by both Japan and Russia, to appoint a commission to fix the contiguous boundaries of those two countries and thereby end all excuse for frontier skirmishing...
...showgirls whom she calls "obvious little harlots," and their blatant but philosophical master of ceremonies, Harry Van (Alfred Lunt). When a nearby Italian airport provides the required military "incident" by sending planes off to destroy Paris, when England squares off against Germany, France against Italy, Russia against Japan, one by one the interned travelers break out their national colors. For some unindicated reason, the hoofer and the Russian girl remain critically aloof from the passions of nationalism. However, in an emotional outburst which turns her protector toward more sympathetic arms. Irene looks Heavenward, declares: "Poor, dear God! Playing Idiot...
...body colors to the 600 listed in the Automotive Color Index. Sent around the world by du Pont to have a look at the color habits of other nations. Colorist Ketcham discovered that Mohammedans will not buy green products because green is their sacred color; that in Japan only the Son of Heaven can have a maroon automobile...
Having voyaged for a month through Hawaii, Japan, China, Cinemactor Charles Spencer Chaplin and his leading lady. Paulette Goddard, departed for Singapore. In Singapore reports circulated that Chaplin had wired his agent: "Do utmost to arrange marriage." Archdeacon Graham White sniffed, flatly announced that his Anglican Cathedral would under no circumstances be used to marry the junketing pair...