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...recently Sumo wrestling* champion of Japan. Once subdued (it took 30 minutes), Futubayama renounced the goddess. Jiko-san was judged a religious paranoiac, and released. But the continuing popularity of her brand of paranoia was affirmed when the unofficial "New Masses Party" loosed two assassins on Labor Leader Katsumi Kikunani, whose Tokyo unionists were preparing a general strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Theory & Practice | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

...would-be killers, dressed in old Kamikaze uniforms, slashed at Kikunani with fish knives, surrendered after failing to kill him. Later, a "New Masses" spokesman defined the party aim: "To fight the trend of labor, which is a menace to the nation's recovery." He also revealed that the party had eight more Kamikaze-clad vigilantes in its "Special Attack Corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Theory & Practice | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

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