Word: kenjo
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...farmers live about as well as before the war," said Kenjo Otsuka, a short, grinning ex-soldier of 31, "and former tenants live better than they did. But the price of what we sell has not kept up with the price of what we buy." A koku (about five bushels) of rice, which before the war sold for $8, now sells for $14. The bicycle that every farmer needs has risen from...
After these words he gave a brief exposition of the proposed plan, and almost at once Japan's Kenjo Mori rose to voice warm approval. Previously extreme pessimism had been the attitude of the Japanese chief delegate (TIME, April 22, et seq.). Within a few moments it was evident that Britain's quiet Sir Josiah Stamp would back the Young Plan. Only the French and their Continental Allies looked glum...
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