Word: okuma
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cabinet officers form no more than a decorative background of gold lace. Since last February Japan's Navy Minister has been Admiral Mitsuniasa Yonai, or more formally Yoniuchi-a descendant of the samurai, member of the blue-blooded Satsuma clan and grandson of the extremely wealthy Baron Kentaro Okuma, developer of the South Manchuria Railway...
...days later 65,000 fans, among them Ambassador and Mrs. Grew, watched the opening game in which Tokyo University alumni (there are no professional baseballers in Japan) batted for the Empire, after Marquis Okuma, president of the Japan Baseball League, pitched the first ball. When the Babe hit only a single, though his team won 17-to-1, Japanese sportsmen politely said that it must be because Meiji Stadium is so very, very large and their fielders had stood so very, very far back to catch all the Bambino's terrific deliveries. Next day Mr. Ruth again hit only...