Word: yanagawa
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...Cabinet meeting, from which Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye was absent, as usual, with a cold. The Foreign Minister was subjected to what the Japanese press called "sincere and cautious questions" by Home Minister Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, Guardian of Imperial Rule, and by Justice Minister Lieut. General Heisuke Yanagawa. They asked about the implications of the Russo-Japanese Neutrality Pact and about "thought problems at home...
Among the thought problems was that of Communism. General Yanagawa observed that Japanese Communists were raising their heads again and felt that this problem was made no easier by the publication of photographs of Mr. Matsuoka and Mr. Stalin arm in arm. What criticism, if any, the Ministers made of the pact was not disclosed, but the newspaper Hochi had some very pertinent things...
...retired general, Heisuke Yanagawa, was made Justice Minister, a post hitherto held by trained jurists. Domei news agency, which is seldom wrong about Japanese politics, last week predicted that General Baron Sadao Araki, one of Japan's most notorious firebrands, would soon be given a Cabinet post...
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