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Dec 3, 2022 · Having been -- quite literally -- the first name on the Japan starting XI at the past three editions of the World Cup, Kawashima is now only No. 1 in jersey allocation with Shuichi Gonda...
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- Yoshiko Kawashima: Born Into A Dying Empire
- A Cross-Dressing Chinese Princess Who Admired Joan of Arc
- Yoshiko Kawashima’s Path to Becoming A Spy For Japan
- Manchukuo: Establishing A Japanese Puppet State
- The End of Yoshiko Kawashima
Yoshiko Kawashima was born Aisin Gioro Xianyu in about 1907, one of 38 children bornto Prince Shanqi, a Manchu prince related to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing had swept to power in the 17th century as conquerors, nomadic warriors who swiftly toppled the Ming dynasty. For 200 years, the Manchurian emperors had reigned over a prosperous nation. But by t...
Yoshiko Kawashima, a princess-in-exile, made it clear that she was anything but conventional. She rode a horse to school, took to wearing men’s clothing, and cut her hair first into a stylish bob and then into a severe buzz-cut, a shocking decision to polite Japanese society. “I decided to cease being a woman forever,” Kawashima said and suggested ...
Japan’s Kwantung Army had long had its eyes on Manchuria, viewing the region, which lies next to Korea, as the rightful possession of the Japanese Empire. In 1931, Japanese officers planted a weak bomb under train tracksoutside of the city of Shenyang, accusing Chinese saboteurs as a pretext for their invasion of the whole of northeastern China. No...
According to Ryukichi Tanaka, a Japanese officer with whom Kawashima carried on a years-long affair, her next exploit was in provoking violent unrest in Shanghai. In the winter of 1932, Tanaka claimed, Kawashima traveled around town paying workers to stage violent riots and brawls. This work gave Japanese troops yet another excuse to strengthen the...
By 1940, the romantic figure of the horse-riding Manchu princess was no more. The Japanese military was thoroughly sick of Kawashima, who was too visible to be useful as a spy and too opinionated to be trusted to keep quiet. By now addicted to morphine and opium and suffering from syphilis, Yoshiki ran a blackmailing racket to extort money from wea...
- Morgan Dunn
Even today Yoshiko Kawashima still stokes controversy, and Phyllis Birnbaum's new biography — "Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who...
Apr 7, 2015 · The truth of Yoshiko's life is still a source of contention between China and Japan: some believe she was exploited by powerful men, others claim she relished her role as political provocateur. China holds her responsible for unspeakable crimes, while Japan has forgiven her transgressions.
The Kawashima procedure is used for congenital heart disease with a single effective ventricle and an interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC). It was first performed in 1978 and reported in 1984.
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