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...bottom of the ocean; its exhausted population faced starvation. And Kishi himself was cleaning latrines in Sugamo Prison while awaiting trial as a war criminal. Defeat was so complete and catastrophic that the Japanese seemed to take an almost perverse pleasure in the totality of their humiliation. "Shigataganai-it can't be helped," they shrugged. "We lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Bonus to Be Wisely Spent | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

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