Word: japanned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Department itself, in having the services of Mr. Ackerman, one of the country's leading experts on the human geography of the Far East. He was granted a leave of absence to head the survey of the Japanese Islands for the coming peace treaty and also organized Japan's first National Planning Board. He returned in February and has resumed his part-time instruction in the Regional Studies Program...
...Japan itself, outside the general's own immediate circle, his entry into politics and the U.S. reaction created no great stir. MacArthur, acutely sensitive to criticism and impatient with opposition, has guarded his position as Japan's ruler by a tight censorship, designed to maintain his dignity, and thus the dignity of the U.S. As the first reaction to the candidacy began to filter back to Japan, the censorship was drawn tighter for both the Japanese press and U.S. Army publications...
...Japan, where the largest note in circulation is 100 yen (worth approximately 50?), counterfeiting is a poor business at best, and the Ikedas were not even good counterfeiters...
...There are obvious reasons. First, William Randolph Hearst endorses MacArthur; second, so does Jim Curley; third, MacArthur used to enjoy posing for glorifying propaganda pictures. The few arguments in his favor don't balance the equation. The successful management of the Pacific campaign and the efficient administration of Japan after V-J Day don't mean a thing. No, the irretrievable damnation of self-esteem outweighs whatever might be said for him. He likes to dress up too much; he is a propagandist; he thinks a lot of himself, like Teddy Roosevelt did. Come hell or Henry Wallace, we must...
...sharp price rise in cotton last week was also sparked by the Government. The rise was based on a deal for the Government's Export-Import Bank and private banks to extend credits of $120 million to Japan for the purchase of U.S. cotton. Next day cotton futures soared as much as $1.75 a bale, to $172.30, highest closing price in a month...