Word: tatami
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...host the new Premier, Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito, led the way to that chamber in his official residence where naval petty officers did Premier Inukai to death because they thought him "too pacifist" (TIME, May 23). Cinemactor Chaplin was shown the very spot on the floor from which bloodstained tatami (matting) had to be removed (see cut). He had previously lunched with young Ken Inukai, son of the murdered Premier. "As you know, Mr. Chaplin," said Son Inukai, "it was my late father's wish to receive you while Premier...