Word: shidehara
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Kijuro Shidehara, 78, Japanese statesman; of a heart attack; in Tokyo. Shidehara, onetime Ambassador to Washington, was an advocate of peaceful expansion in a country overrun by military fanatics. Because he opposed Japan's 1931 march on Manchuria, the warlords unseated him from the Foreign Ministry. After 14 years in retirement, he became Prime Minister for six months following World...