Word: matsuoka
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...importance of little Shigenori Togo in this huge picture was grotesquely exaggerated. He is a mild, faint-voiced career diplomat who has never wielded real weight in Japanese politics. As a negotiator in Russia he was probably no more than Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka's on-the-spot agent...
...government as adviser on international affairs. Seven ambassadors to Washington-Shidehara, Hanihara, Mat-sudaira, Debuchi, Saito, Horinouchi, Nomura-worked with his assistance. He was a member of the Japanese delegation which went to the League of Nations to argue Japan's case for the invasion of Manchuria. When Matsuoka, the delegation's head; insolently marched out of the League Assembly, he was followed by all his fellow delegates save Frederick Moore...
...both the chief candidates on their determination to keep the country out of war-if possible. The correspondents, says Mr. Moore, accepted the statement, ignored the qualification. And in Tokyo the army and navy gladly did the same, pushing on to the fulfillment of their "Manifest Destiny." Foreign Minister Matsuoka was at hand to assure the Japanese Cabinet that "many millions of Americans of German descent would rally to the support of the opponents of President Roosevelt's policies." Behind Matsuoka in Tokyo stood a host of Nazi agents feeding him distorted evidence to the same effect. There...
...week's end the invitations remained unanswered. Tokyo spokesmen coyly explained that Adolf Hitler's statement, because of its "important nature," required further study; comment on "such matters as Japan's obligations under the Tripartite Pact" would be premature. Onetime Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka's foresighted interpretation (last December) of the Axis agreement was recalled: if any of these three powers is attacked by an outside power, the three signatories must confer and decide whether the case comes under Article 3. Tokyo brass hats knew that any move south, despite Admiral Lützow...
...most gaging comment of all came from near the base of the famed extinct volcano Fujiyama, where a reporter interviewed extinct Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka. Mr. Matsuoka, who in frock coat had signed both the Tripartite Pact and the neutrality pact with Russia (and therefor lost his job) was now dressed in a dark blue cotton gown and triangular straw hat. He carried a long staff and smoked his old briar pipe. Mused...