Word: jigoro
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...coming "from a small and not very strong group of extreme Nationalists or Fascists," announced a 5,000,000-yen ($1,450,000) budget for a Tokyo Olympic village. On his way to Cairo, Egypt, where the International Olympic Committee was shortly to convene, Japan's Delegate Jigoro Kano snorted: "I know of no reason for anyone saying anything about abandoning the games. The war in China? That's nothing...
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