EYE CHANGED
ADMIRAL’S SELF-IMPOSED RITUAL A curious self-imposed ritual of “changing the eye” was carried out by Admiral Nomura, Japan’s Ambassador to the United States, states the Domei Agency. Admiral Nomura last an eye as a result of a bomb explosion in Shanghai in November, .1932. Since then, whenever he undertakes a new task, he ceremoniously exchanges his glass eye for a new one. Admit',al Notnuhi has gone through the ritual on several occasions, notably when he was appointed President of the Peers’ School and when he became Foreign Minister in 1939. “When J go to the United States I will lake a few spares along.” said Admiral Nomura.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 March 1941, Page 2
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