
1867–1952
Baron KiichirÅ Hiranuma (平沼 é¨ä¸é; 28 September 1867 â 22 August 1952) was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939. Hiranuma rose to prominence as a prosecutor and official in the Ministry of Justice.
Baron KiichirÅ Hiranuma (平沼 é¨ä¸é; 28 September 1867 â 22 August 1952) was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939. Hiranuma rose to prominence as a prosecutor and official in the Ministry of Justice. He served as minister of Justice under Prime Minister Yamamoto GonnohyÅe and later became a privy counsellor. After serving as president of the privy council, he became prime minister in 1939, but resigned later the same year. He later returned to cabinet under Fumimaro Konoe. After the Japanese surrender, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for his role in World War II.
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Hideki Tojo (30 December 1884 â 23 December 1948) was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944 during World War II.
HeitarÅ Kimura (æ¨æ å µå¤ªé, Kimura HeitarÅ (sometimes Kimura HyÅtarÅ); 28 September 1888 â 23 December 1948) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Kuniaki Koiso (å°ç£¯ åæ, Koiso Kuniaki; 22 March 1880 â 3 November 1950) was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945, during World War II.
KisaburÅ AndÅ (å®è¤ ç´ä¸é, AndÅ KisaburÅ; 11 February 1874 â 10 May 1954) was a career officer and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, who served as a politician and cabinet minister in the government of the Empire of Japan during World War II.
Toraichi Kono (é«éèå¸, KÅno Toraichi, 1885â1971) was the valet and secretary of Charlie Chaplin. He appeared in three of Chaplin's films as the valet to Chaplin's characters, and he worked as a representative for United Artists.
KÅki Hirota (å»£ç° å¼æ¯ , Hirota KÅki; 14 February 1878 â 23 December 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937.