By TOSHIHIRO OKUYAMA/ Senior Staff Writer
August 24, 2020 at 07:00 JST
A note by Miyoji Iwano, a secretary to former Prime Minister Takeo Miki, shows the prime minister referred to the decision by then-Lower House Speaker Shigesaburo Maeo to move ahead with the approval of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, in line with the emperor’s intention, on the day of the pact’s passing the Diet. (Toshihiro Okuyama)
Private remarks by Emperor Showa seemingly influenced the Diet’s decision to approve an anti-nuclear treaty, according to notes made by a former prime minister’s secretary soon to be published in a book. [Read More]
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