“I am having a very difficult time. Things happen unexpectedly.”

—  Kōki Hirota

Quoted in "The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire" - Page 49 - by John Toland - History - 2003.

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Japanese politician executed 1878–1948

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