Word: kiyoura
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...next day Japan's former Premiers conferred on the selection of a new leader. Even 91-year-old Count Keigo Kiyoura came from his sickbed, entering the Palace in a wheel chair, attended by a nurse, bringing with him an oxygen inhalator. In less than four hours the choice was made: a general, the son of a general, would be Premier. War Minister Lieut. General Eiki Tojo, a man of strong will and a friend of the Axis, was to head the nation. General Tojo hurried to the Emperor's presence and, leaving it, announced: "I have received...