... up at a greatly accelerated pace. The prime minister at the turn of the decade, Hara Takashi, was the first commoner to hold the position in Japan's history. Education had been universalized, and social mobility seemed to be on the increase. The Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917 and the Rice Riots of 1918 energized radical thought, and there were movements calling for universal ... cabinet officers and their Diet supporters by charging them with indictable offences'11 keeping the vicious circle going. One key factor then, in attempting to answer why democracy made such limited he...

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