Following the recent attempt on the life of Prince Regent Hirohito and the resignation of the Yamamoto Cabinet (TIME, Jan. 7), Viscount Kiego Kiyoura consented, after some hesitation, to form a new cabinet. Said he: "It is because I am a loyal subject of the Emperor of Japan that I cannot refuse to make an attempt to form a Cabinet in these most difficult times for the Empire."
According to the Nichi Nichi, Tokyo journal, the Cabinet included:
Premier: Viscount Kiego Kiyoura, aged 73, who started his career as a school teacher, accepted...
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