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...even more recent Japanese-Italian accord in which Japan recognized Mussolini's conquest of Ethiopia. Last week the Japanese Diet gathered for its 1937 session and called on the carpet before Japan's politicians were Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita and War Minister General Count Juichi Terauchi. On the first day of the session last week Foreign Minister Arita had to face critics of his frankly anti-Communist foreign policy. He stoutly denied he was interested in joining Japan to the Fascist group in Europe, said he wanted only to protect Manchukuo from Communist penetration. At these words, venerable...
White-robed Shinto priests purify War Minister-General-Count Juichi Terauchi by pouring holy water from a dipper over his hands before he goes in to pray for the Army (see cut). Last week on his sole responsibility the pious count gave the Army its greatest shaking-up of all time, ordered promotions and transfers affecting 3,000 officers. This came as what Minister Terauchi hoped will be the last drastic step needed to restore the Army to subordination after part of it got out of hand last February, tried to murder the Premier and for a time defied...
...statesmen (TIME, March 9). As a sign that martial law continues, the Divine Emperor and Son of Heaven, who prefers mufti, has been wearing nothing but military uniforms ever since. By his command an Extraordinary Court-Martial with unprecedented powers was set up under the presidency of General Count Juichi Terauchi, the new War Minister, to try the assassins. They were denied the right of being defended by lawyers, their trial was secret. Seventeen death sentences were furtively announced in the dead of night (2 a. m.), and last week Tokyo ears were cocked for daybreak fusillades by firing squads...