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Under the U.S. quake rumbling up from the south, the Government in Tokyo trembled like a seismograph's needle. For the fourth time in three weeks Premier General Kuniaki Koiso, who is dubbed "The Tiger" and has a catlike talent for landing on his political feet, again shuffled his feet and his Cabinet. He accepted the resignation of portly, aging (68) Admiral Seizo Kobayashi, lover of bridge, ex-governor of Formosa, onetime naval commander in chief, and president of the powerful Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society (Japan's totalitarian party). The Admiral did not sail into retirement...
Army man, General Kuniaki Koiso, 64. Koiso has two nicknames. He prefers to be known as the "Singing Frog"-a tribute to the way he sings old folk tunes when he has had enough sake. But he is better known as the "Korean Tiger" because of his brutalities while Governor of Korea...
Like Tojo, Koiso is a tough product of the same Kwantung Army which conquered Manchuria, a member of the same Young Officer group that started pulling the strings behind Japan's aggressive policies a decade and a half ago. But unlike Tojo, he is running no one-man show. Koiso's performers include...
Fewer Kicks. On the Emperor's order, Yonai shared with Koiso the responsibility for organizing the new Cabinet. One result: the Navy may now hope to be kicked around less by the bossy Army. Yonai could always cite his record in the Hiranuma government. He resisted the formation of the Axis at that time, postponed it a year by insisting: "The Japanese Navy belongs to the Emperor; it is not for hire, by Hitler or anyone else...
...Peace but a Sword. The new Cabinet, strongest in 20 years, means not peace but a sharper sword. Its one objective is victory, Japanese style. Said Koiso: "I hope to attain our objective in close collaboration with our allies...