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...diplomatic wing, last week's moves were also conservative. Following the appointment of one-eyed, genial Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura as Ambassador to the U. S.. the Government elicited from the Army and Navy promises that their extremists would do nothing to embarrass the Admiral in his efforts to win the U. S. back to friendship...
...unidentified Japanese, described as "an elderly individual, apparently a religious fanatic." defiled the white gateposts of the U. S. Embassy with two buckets of filth. The Tokyo newspaper Miyako warned: "Cases may arise where Japan is forced to accept the American challenge." On the specific subject of whether Admiral Nomura could smooth U. S.-Japanese relations, militant Koknmin wrote: "Our people should know that relations between the two countries are so hopelessly strained they do not allow for such wishful thinking...
...hearty Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura called on the Emperor last week, then made ready for his new mission as Ambassador to the U. S., where during World War I he was the popular, card-playing naval attaché of a friendly second-rate power. Things have changed since then. Every influential Japanese newspaper last week regarded Ambassador Nomura's mission as hopeless. Said Tokyo's Miyako: "The United States is disturbing our gigantic task of constructing a new East Asia." Said Hochi: "Sending an Ambassador to Washington is like ordering a man on horseback to charge a wall." Said...
...Rome-Tokyo Alliance (TIME, Oct. 7). A Berlin-Tokyo-Moscow Alliance, safeguarding Japan's back door, would be all that is needed to start Japan on the march in the south. A hint of what his country might be up to was given by none other than Ambassador Nomura. Said...
Japan's Foreign Minister Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura broke the news first to U. S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew, later to diplomats of other nations: Japan would reopen the Yangtze River to foreign trade...