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Word: kisaburo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Empire ever gets, Japanese election returns were not utterly devoid of meaning. The dominant militarists remained Japan's actual rulers last week, but the final count showed that the Minseito Party, favored by the Government, had ousted the strong Seiyukai Party from first place. Notably President Kisaburo Suzuki of the Seiyukai Party himself failed to win his old seat. In all, the Minseito won 205 seats and the Seiyukai 174. This meant no more and no less than that, when Japan's militarists reshuffle the Cabinet, a few more portfolios will go to the Minseito, nominally a party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Digressions from Election | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

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