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“Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.”

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Sadao Araki was a prominent Japanese political leader born on May 26, 1877, and died on November 2, 1966. He was active in the political stage of Japan during the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras and served as Prime Minister of Japan. His policies had a profound impact on Japan's political, economic, and social development. more

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“We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.”

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“What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not be!”

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