Ōura scandal
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ura-scandal-289-11929681
title:
Ōura scandal
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The Ōura Scandal of 1915 was one of several spectacular political scandals of late Meiji and Taishō periods in Japanese history. After the entry of Japan into World War I, the administration of Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu had to report to the lower house of the Diet that expenditures had greatly exceeded projections, and furthermore had to put forth a request by the Imperial Japanese Army for an increase in funding to support an additional 86,000 men – a request which had previously led to th
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cura_scandal
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2020-09-11T23:13:43Z
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