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Dates: during 1933-1933
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Usage:

Dagger. Naval officers nodded approvingly when the deathless spirit of Japanese fanaticism was shown again last week by one Tokuji Miyata, 26, bespectacled student of political science. With a dagger in his sleeve Student Miyata banged on the door of Admiral Takeshi Takarabe whom most other Japanese Navy officers consider a traitor because he was a negotiator of the London Naval Treaty with its 5-5-3 ratio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: All Honorable Men | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

...Very well!" shouted impatient Student Miyata, "I will read my protest against the Treaty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: All Honorable Men | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

Courteously the secretary listened. Student Miyata read his protest loud and clear, then whipped out his dagger and slit a wound 15 inches long across his own midriff before Admiral Takarabe's secretary could interfere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: All Honorable Men | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

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