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Japan state institutions (state)

21 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Kantaro Suzuki 鈴木貫太郎 The admiral-prime minister who steered Japan toward surrender Military command · Japan state institutions 1868–1948
Sadao Araki 荒木貞夫 A militarist leader of Japan's Imperial Way faction Military command · Japan state institutions 1877–1966
Kōki Hirota 廣田弘毅 A statesman caught between diplomacy and responsibility under military pressure Diplomacy and international organization · Japan state institutions 1878–1948
Yosuke Matsuoka 松岡洋右 A diplomat who drove imperial Japan's continental diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Japan state institutions 1880–1946
Otozō Yamada 山田乙三 The Imperial Army's final Kwantung Army commander Military command · Japan state institutions 1881–1965
Yoshijirō Umezu 梅津美治郎 The army chief caught between imperial command and surrender Military command · Japan state institutions 1882–1949
Shigenori Tōgō 東郷茂徳 A diplomat who sought peace after failing to prevent war Diplomacy and international organization · Japan state institutions 1882–1950
Naotake Satō 佐藤尚武 The last Japanese ambassador to the USSR, who received Molotov's declaration of war Diplomacy and international organization · Japan state institutions 1882–1971
Isoroku Yamamoto 山本五十六 The admiral who feared war with America yet designed Pearl Harbor Military command · Japan state institutions 1884–1943
Hideki Tojo 東條英機 A soldier-statesman who steered imperial Japan from northern ambitions toward southern expansion and war Military command · Japan state institutions 1884–1948
Michitarō Komatsubara 小松原道太郎 Imperial Japanese general defeated at Khalkhin Gol Military command · Japan state institutions 1885–1940
Seishirō Itagaki 板垣征四郎 The army strategist who turned a railway pretext into the conquest of Manchuria Military command · Japan state institutions 1885–1948
Masaomi Yasuoka 安岡正臣 The Japanese general whose armored command exposed the limits of Japan's tank doctrine Military command · Japan state institutions 1886–1948
Mitsuru Ushijima 牛島満 Japanese general who directed Okinawa's war of attrition Military command · Japan state institutions 1887–1945
Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵 A diplomat of empire who became the defeated state's signatory Diplomacy and international organization · Japan state institutions 1887–1957
Kanji Ishiwara 石原莞爾 The theorist who designed Japan's Manchurian expansion Military command · Japan state institutions 1889–1949
Fumimaro Konoe 近衞文麿 An aristocratic statesman whose diplomacy widened Japan’s imperial war Government and administration · Japan state institutions 1891–1945
Tadamichi Kuribayashi 栗林忠道 The Iwo Jima commander who understood American power Military command · Japan state institutions 1891–1945
Hirohito 裕仁 The emperor who carried Japan through war and constitutional transformation Monarchs and royalty · Japan state institutions 1901–1989
Masanobu Tsuji 辻政信 The Kwantung Army staff officer whose Border Defense Guide sparked the Nomonhan Incident Military command · Japan state institutions 1902–1961
Chae Byeong-deok 채병덕 A general whose colonial military career met failure at the war’s outbreak Military command · South Korea state institutions 1916–1950