Word: matsuno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sato's Agriculture and Forestry Minister Raizo Matsuno also came under fire. Socialists were bothered by his role in granting $20 million in government loans to the ailing Kyowa sugar combine, but raised their loudest criticisms over a benjo (lavatory) that Matsuno had installed in his private office. Matsuno's aides pointed out that he had ordered the plumbing because "he felt sorry for the toilet guard, who had to salute him every time he entered the public rest room." Matsuno, too, managed to weather the storm...
That's the hope as well of Self Defense Forces Director Raizo Matsuno, 48, a lean, grey-haired ex-naval officer and protege of Premier Eisaku Sato. As the man charged with Japan's immediate security decisions, Matsuno would like to upgrade Japanese defense spending from 1.3% of the gross national product to 2% (the U.S. spends nearly 9% of its G.N.P. on defense). That would amount to $1.1 billion and greatly increase both the materiel and the mobility of the armed forces. Matsuno's bill is currently before the Diet, and it has Premier Sato...
...Japanese, accustomed to patriarchs in public life, marveled at his youth. Said a Japanese Supreme Court justice after meeting Bobby: "He must have worked and studied hard to achieve such a pace in promotion." At the Diet, Lower House Speaker Ichiro Kiyose, 77, and Upper House President Tsuruhei Matsuno, 78, watched Kennedy and sighed wistfully. "The days are here," said Matsuno. "for the younger generation to take over." Bobby gracefully deferred to age: "We gain by referring to the wisdom of experience...