Prince Takita Tsuyoshi person

“through a river embankment. And let's see. Eventually, obviously, they lose. But by the end of May, Kemsu had taken Ben on a secret trip up north. And basically, they went to where Prince Mikasa was awaiting. The two princes and Ben were dr…”

“Moving on, Prince, let's see, Prince Takeda went through a noticeable change to Ben. So now Ben's been hanging around him this whole time he's been on the island. And so Takeda makes Ben swear a blood oath to him in a Japanese ritual.…”

“So early on when he gets to the Philippines, he basically kind of adopts this 17 or 18 year old kid on the Philippines. So also just to put in relationship for you, Taquita.…”

“Prince Takeda, the guy that's on the Philippines, was assigned to Hanoi, but he was actually in the Philippines the entire time. And that's proven by the testimony of Ben later on, which we will get to. One of the prince's son. Let's see. S…”

“that after the president saw the maps that they'd be returned to him. Yeah, right. Mata had direct lines to the switchboard at the palace. Using the secure switchboard, they placed a long-distance phone call to Lord Ekabara in Tokyo. He had…”

“A Japanese resembling a sumo wrestler got off the bus in Bambang one morning, lugging a heavy suitcase. It was Colonel Kasabashi, one of Takeda's staff officers during the war. Now an old man with white hair, he was suffering from the heat,…”

“Attention was focused on Major Yashima, who had presented to TV audience as his commanding officer. But among the Japanese delegation in the background, Ben saw Prince Takeda, unforgettable face, and knew that he had come personally to rele…”

“Ben heard all about him from television news. He knew him personally, having spent weeks on Lubang during the war with Prince Takeda. Ben knew it was Takeda who had ordered Onoda to guard the site at Lubang, so only the prince himself could…”

“one of the world's most expensive hobbies. He became president of the Japanese Olympic Committee in 1962. He was part of the International Olympic Committee in 67 and 81. His son continues to be on the International Olympic Committee. A pro…”

“one of the world's most expensive hobbies. He became president of the Japanese Olympic Committee in 1962. He was part of the International Olympic Committee in 67 and 81. His son continues to be on the International Olympic Committee. A pro…”

“1906, at the wish of the Mijing Emperor, Takita's grandfather. Like other former princes, to avoid having his property seized by the allies, Takita sold his estates to the wealthy Shusumi family, to whom he remained closely allied for the r…”

“complied with Hirohito's order to surrender. Takito went home to his wife and children in Tokyo. In the peerage system, while the peerage system had ended, Takita forfeited his hereditary title and became Mr. Takita Tsuyoshi. This brought a…”

“Like other princes, he tried to become a businessman starting the Takeda Knitting Machines Company, but it soon went under. When the Americans went home, Takeda quietly returned his life as one of the Japanese top aristocrats. Money was nev…”

“not knowing the value of this royal tunic, ends up wearing it out in the farmland to farm in for years. And obviously he doesn't understand the value of the sword either because it was a hereditarily awarded sword given to Takeda. So becaus…”

“Prince Takeda became the second in command to Prince Chichibu, who's the guy we've been talking about that's in charge of Golden Lily, in directing Golden Lily throughout. So he's like the deputy, the Takeda guy is. But he is the guy callin…”

“Kim Soo, who had built this place, spent an hour with the chief engineers, then took Ben for a final tour of the entire complex. They walked through the tunneling systems for more than an hour, admired all the gold stacked up. Be careful, h…”

“He is the guy that worked and directed all of the engineers that set up the 174 sites on the Philippines that are going to be part of Golden Lily. So the author makes note of the fact that he went back and forth to Japan on a fairly regular…”

“boxes filled with gold bars and buries them for Ben for when he gets married. So after the war, Ben was to come here by himself to recover the boxes. When he opened the pit, he must pour kerosene over the boxes and burn the powder off becau…”

“the princess to seal each site with all of the slave laborers and POWs inside to guarantee that its locations would remain secret till the treasure was recovered by the Imperial family, because it was going to be that the Imperial family wa…”

“Prince Taquita's may have authorized the recovery of part of the Bambang complex. It was unlikely that they recovered all because they would have had to involve reopening the connecting tunnels to Tunnel 8 and at the cemetery site. So we do…”

“The next thing Ben heard was Takita's voice out of the past. Benjamin, he said. When the prince started speaking to him in simple Japanese, Ben told us he could tell from the sound of his voice that he was choked with emotions, probably wee…”