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Richard Strauss, generally rated the greatest living composer, a consistent opponent of the Nazis, who nevertheless in 1940 composed and dedicated to the Mikado a piece in honor of the 2,600th anniversary of the Japanese Imperial dynasty...
...Kobayashi managed to get 1,800,000 tons of crude and refined oil, but no aviation gasoline. Then it was revealed that the British had contracted for the Indies' entire high-octane output. Kobayashi discovered that it was necessary for him to return home for the 2,600th anniversary of the Empire's founding. Two months later Yoshizawa replaced...
...Richard Strauss, another sail-trimmer, is active at 76. Although he lives near Munich, he lately visited Berlin, conducted performances of his operas Ariadne and Arabella. Last spring he wrote a festival piece for Axis-partner Japan-an apotheosis of the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire...
...South Sea policy to be carried out fully." An oil deal which was reported last month (TIME, Oct. 28), granting Japan more than three times as much Netherlands East Indies oil as she had previously been allowed, was confirmed. The Emperor himself paused in pompous celebrations of the 2,600th anniversary of the Japanese Empire to discuss expansionist moves with Army and Navy leaders. The newspaper Yomiuri defined all this without making any mince: "The work left for Japan is to sweep away the remains of the white empire which so long has held sway in our part...
...chrysanthemum time in Japan. The islands were almost as lovely as in the cherry-blossom season. The annual chrysanthemum season, coincident with the anniversary of the late Emperor Meiji's birthday, was celebrated all over Japan with especial excitement: Emperor Hirohito chose it to mark the 2,600th Anniversary of the fair-weather day when Jimmu took on power...