Japanese Police Officers - Senkichi Awaya, Sait Hajime, Norio Wakamoto, Sh Shin Nagamine, Kie Kusakabe (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Senkichi Awaya, Sait Hajime, Norio Wakamoto, Sh shin Nagamine, Kie Kusakabe. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Senkichi Awaya Awaya Senkichi, 7 November 1893 - 6 August 1945) was a Japanese public official who was killed by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima while he was its mayor. He was one of the key figures in the historic clash between the Japanese police and the Imperial Japanese Army in 1933. He is also known for his Christian activity in the Nonchurch movement and close relationship with its early leaders. Senkichi Awaya (third left), with his brothers, wife and eldest daughterSenkichi Awaya was born the second son of Eisuke Awaya Awaya Eisuke), a railway bureaucrat and nephew of Viscount Masaru Inoue, in the city of Sendai, after which he was named. He spent his high school years in Yonago, Tottori and then entered the First Higher School, the preparatory division to the Imperial University of Tokyo, where he studied German law. Eisuke had a drinking problem, over which his wife often went to seek help at a local Christian church with her children. Christianity therefore was the most familiar religion for Senkichi since his childhood. One day when he was a high school student, Senkichi was advised by his minister to read Kanz Uchimura's The Biblical Studies, which impressed him and made him a devout Christian. Unlike his father, he grew up to be a teetotaler. Awaya started judo in his early teen, and later obtained a fifth degree black belt and became a higher-ranking winner in the national police judo championships. In March 1922, Awaya married Sachiyo And, who gave birth to his four sons and three daughters. Five of them survived beyond infancy: After graduating from the university, Awaya joined the Home Ministry, assigned to the Hi...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23699746