In September 1918, Terauchi resigned his office, due to the Rice Riots of 1918 that had spread throughout Japan due to postwar inflation; he died the following year.
Tolbert's credibility was severely damaged by the Rice Riots.
Tolbert's body was later moved to a spot in Monrovia's Palm Grove Cemetery, not far from the bodies of those killed in the Rice Riots.
In 1918, Terauchi Masatake fell from office due to the Rice Riots of 1918.
Over the next 13 years Japan would be rocked by a series of violent protests (nine different riots in Tokyo alone), culminating in the Rice Riots of 1918.
He witnessed the "Rice Riot" of 1918 in Japan, and was influenced by impact of the 1917's Russian Revolution.
This organization was of vital importance after nation-wide markets were consolidated under government control in the aftermath of the Rice Riots of 1918 and increasing economic crisis from the late 1920s.
After the Rice Riots of 1918, many peasants came under the influence of the urban labor movement with socialist, communist and/or agrarian ideas, which created a serious political issues.
The Rice Riots were unparalleled in modern Japanese history in terms of scope, size and violence.
The Rice Riots were the biggest, most violent and wide spread in modern Japanese history.