Word: shintaisei
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Greatest phrasemaker in Japan is Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye, who invented Japan's vague rationalization for the war in China, "New Order in East Asia." A few months ago he minted another: shintaisei, "new structure...
...most interesting admonition to the men who will plan Japan's new structure was that shintaisei, whatever form it might take, should be permanent, "rendering possible the pursuance of any policy when necessity arises." If Fumimaro Konoye was to have his way, it looked as if Cabinets might change no more in Tokyo, and the Premiership (or at least the powerful military shadow behind it) might become permanent-hereditary, like the Shogunate and like the Throne. The only man who ever dared say no point-blank to Emperor Hirohito happens to be Fumimaro Konoye. He refused the Imperial Command...
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