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Word: kiyomi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...advised at least 15 times-revolved around him. About five hours before the resignation of a Premier, Saionji would be notified. His private secretary would arrange a through telephone wire to Tokyo. In his tatami mat room the old Prince would sit apparently just listening to the waves in Kiyomi Bay. He would confer for a time with the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal; then meditate some more. Finally he would pronounce a name, and the man whom he named would be the next Premier of Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Last of the Genro | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

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