Word: takahashi
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...towering budgeted expenditures Japan's Army & Navy will absorb nearly half. From Manchuria, excuse for these expenditures, there has come glory but no revenue. Facing the fact of national incapacity to pay, Finance Minister Takahashi prepared to make up his staggering deficit by issuing bonds. He hoped that Japanese tycoons who profit from exploitation of Manchukuo will buy them...
...capture the nine killers of the Old Fox as they fled. Later 18 young army and navy men came voluntarily to police headquarters, dramatically gave themselves up but confessed nothing, were not subjected to a third-degree. At 2 a. m. the Son of Heaven received Finance Minister Korekiyo Takahashi, appointed him Acting Premier pending the convocation of the Diet...
Significance. Acting Premier Takahashi enjoys no more of the nation's confidence than did the "Old Fox." In 1925 there was rejoicing when Mr. Takahashi resigned leadership of the Seiyukai Party. His mere ousting, Japanese thought, would draw better men into the Party...
...Tokyo, competing in Olympic tryouts, two Japanese runners broke El Ouafi's record of 2 hr. 32 min. 57 sec. for the marathon: Tanji Yahagi, who won, in 2:31:31 and Seiji Takahashi, who finished second...
Such a policy is never trumpeted from housetops. But Japanese knew what to expect when Finance Minister Korekiyo Takahashi issued this terse warning in a communique to the Japanese press: "The note issue will not be contracted below the present amount and may even be expanded...