Word: koichi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marquis Koichi Kido, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Emperor Hirohito's closest adviser. Also waiting at his villa, he said: "I mean only to read books in my leisure. I have nothing else in my mind...
Died. Admiral Koichi Shiozawa, 60, top-ranking Japanese naval constructor, early experimenter with blitz warfare against civilians; of an acute pancreas ailment; in Tokyo...
Selection of a new Premier is usually a long, mysterious, behind-the-scenes intrigue, but last week the choice was made with curious dispatch. Immediately upon receiving Admiral Yonai's resignation, the Emperor summoned to his seaside resort Marquis Koichi Kido, his new Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, traditional adviser on choice of officials. Marquis Kido, who is barely five feet tall, weighs only 120 pounds, requires only two-thirds of the orthodox amount of silk for a kimono, and has such tiny feet that he has to buy children's shoes, humbly begged a short period...