Jirō Shirasu
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1902 –
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Who is Jirō Shirasu?
Jirō Shirasu was a Japanese bureaucrat, businessman, and opinion leader. He was born in Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture and studied at Clare College, Cambridge. During the Occupation he was a member of Shigeru Yoshida's government. He is particularly remembered in Japan for an incident in Christmas 1945 where he delivered a present from Emperor Hirohito to General Douglas MacArthur. When MacArthur told him to place it on the floor, he demanded a table to show respect. In 2009 he was the subject of an NHK drama.
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