Takakura Teru (Japanese: 高倉 輝, Hepburn: Takakura Teru; born Takakura Terutaka, Japanese: 高倉 輝豊; 14 April 1891 – 2 April…
Takakura Teru (Japanese: 高倉 輝, Hepburn: Takakura Teru; born Takakura Terutaka, Japanese: 高倉 輝豊; 14 April 1891 – 2 April 1986) was a Japanese novelist, playwright, politician and central committee member of the Japanese Communist Party from 1950 to 1951. Takakura graduated from Kyoto Imperial University and was a left-wing thinker of the Kyoto School. He was arrested several times under the Public Security Preservation Laws prior to the Allied occupation of Japan. In 1945 he fled parole to attend a funeral and was arrested along with Miki Kiyoshi, who he had gone to for clothes and money. This would inevitably lead to Miki's death in prison. Takakura however, following his release at the hands of the Allied Occupation, went on to become a politician for the Japanese Communist Party in 1946.
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Kuichirō Totsuka (戸塚 九一郎, Totsuka Kuichirō; 27 March 1891 – 13 October 1973) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician.…
Kuichirō Totsuka (戸塚 九一郎, Totsuka Kuichirō; 27 March 1891 – 13 October 1973) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician. A career official of the Home Ministry, he served as governor of Tokushima Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukuoka Prefecture, as the 25th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency, and after the war as a member of the House of Representatives, Minister of Labour, Minister of Construction, and Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency.
Seiichirō Yasui (Japanese: 安井誠一郎; 11 March 1891 – 19 January 1962) was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat who held a…
Seiichirō Yasui (Japanese: 安井誠一郎; 11 March 1891 – 19 January 1962) was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat who held a variety of positions in Japanese government. He served as appointed Governor of Niigata Prefecture from 1940 to 1941, then as appointed Governor of Tokyo from 1946 to 1947, then as elected Governor of Tokyo from 1947 to 1959. He also served as one of the members of the House of Representatives from 1960 to his death in 1962.
Zenshiro Hoshina (保科善四郎, Hoshina Zenshiro; 8 March 1891 – 25 December 1991) was a Japanese naval officer and…
Zenshiro Hoshina (保科善四郎, Hoshina Zenshiro; 8 March 1891 – 25 December 1991) was a Japanese naval officer and politician. The final rank is Vice Admiral of the Navy. After serving as a member of the House of Representatives for four terms, he became chairman of the Japan Defense Association.
Masa Nakayama (中山 マサ, Nakayama Masa; January 19, 1891 – October 11, 1976) was a Japanese politician and educator who…
Masa Nakayama (中山 マサ, Nakayama Masa; January 19, 1891 – October 11, 1976) was a Japanese politician and educator who was the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of Japan when she became Minister of Health and Welfare in 1960.
Yone Moriyama (Japanese: 森山ヨネ, 14 January 1891 – 30 October 1990) was a Japanese educator and politician. She was one…
Yone Moriyama (Japanese: 森山ヨネ, 14 January 1891 – 30 October 1990) was a Japanese educator and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Kōtarō Tanaka (田中耕太郎; 25 October 1890 – 1 March 1974) was a Japanese jurist, professor of law and politician who served…
Kōtarō Tanaka (田中耕太郎; 25 October 1890 – 1 March 1974) was a Japanese jurist, professor of law and politician who served as the last Minister of Education of the Empire of Japan and the second postwar Chief Justice of Japan.
Banboku Ōno (大野 伴睦, Ōno Banboku; September 20, 1890 – May 29, 1964) was a Japanese politician who was a powerful…
Banboku Ōno (大野 伴睦, Ōno Banboku; September 20, 1890 – May 29, 1964) was a Japanese politician who was a powerful faction leader within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the early postwar period, serving stints as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary General of the Liberal Party, and Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party. Viewed as an archetypical "party politician," as opposed to the "ex-bureaucrat" elected leaders he staunchly opposed, Ōno was affectionately nicknamed "Ban-chan." He was also known for his colorful sayings, such as noting that just as with yakuza gangsters, "politics is all about giri and ninjō", and "A monkey that falls from a tree is still a monkey, but a politician that loses an election is just a person".
Chiyo Kimura (Japanese: 木村チヨ; 12 September 1890 – 2 July 1956) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first…
Chiyo Kimura (Japanese: 木村チヨ; 12 September 1890 – 2 July 1956) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
Song Jin-woo (Korean: 송진우, 8 May 1889 – 30 December 1945) was a Korean independence activist, journalist, and…
Song Jin-woo (Korean: 송진우, 8 May 1889 – 30 December 1945) was a Korean independence activist, journalist, and politician. His art name was Goha (고하; 古下). He was the 3rd, 6th and 8th CEO of the Dong-a Ilbo and the founding leader of the Korea Democratic Party. In 1945, he was assassinated by Han Hyeon-woo, a member of the far-right terrorist group the White Shirts Society.
Kazuo Aoki (青木 一男, Aoki Kazuo; 28 November 1889 – 25 June 1982) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in the Empire of…
Kazuo Aoki (青木 一男, Aoki Kazuo; 28 November 1889 – 25 June 1982) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as Minister of Finance, and Minister of Greater East Asia.
Marquis Nagamichi Kuroda (黒田 長礼, Kuroda Nagamichi; 24 November 1889 – 16 April 1978) was a Japanese ornithologist. His…
Marquis Nagamichi Kuroda (黒田 長礼, Kuroda Nagamichi; 24 November 1889 – 16 April 1978) was a Japanese ornithologist. His works included Ducks of the World (1912), Geese and Swans of the World (1913), Birds of the Island of Java (2 Volumes, 1933–36) and Parrots of the World in Life Colours (1975). He described the crested shelduck in 1917. He also worked on the distinction between the auks and petrels and the special characteristics of shearwaters that foraged underwater.
Yōnosuke Kikuchi (菊地 養之輔, Kikuchi Yonosuke, September 5, 1889 – January 5, 1983) was a Japanese politician and lawyer.…
Yōnosuke Kikuchi (菊地 養之輔, Kikuchi Yonosuke, September 5, 1889 – January 5, 1983) was a Japanese politician and lawyer. He served six terms as a member of the House of Representatives for Miyagi Prefecture, was a key figure in the Japan Socialist Party, and served as Vice President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Nichibenren). He was also President of the Miyagi Prefecture Branch of the Japan-China Friendship Association. He received honorary citizenship from both Sendai and Iwanuma.
Mitsujirō Ishii (石井 光次郎, Ishii Mitsujirō; 18 August 1889 – 20 September 1981) was a Japanese politician who served as…
Mitsujirō Ishii (石井 光次郎, Ishii Mitsujirō; 18 August 1889 – 20 September 1981) was a Japanese politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1969 and Deputy Prime Minister from 1957 to 1958, among other cabinet positions. He was a faction leader and candidate for the premiership in the early Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Ishii had a business career in Asahi Shimbun Company before entering politics after the war. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1947 and from 1952 to 1972. In 1955, he played a major role in the merger of Japan's conservative parties into the LDP and, in 1956, led a delegation to meet Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek. Ishii served as cabinet minister at numerous times, beginning with a stint as Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1947. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1958 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1969.
Viscount Nobutsune Oda (織田 信恒, Oda Nobutsune; 3 August 1889 – 20 May 1967) was a Japanese politician, businessman, and…
Viscount Nobutsune Oda (織田 信恒, Oda Nobutsune; 3 August 1889 – 20 May 1967) was a Japanese politician, businessman, and manga author, member of the House of Peers. Under the pen name Oda Shōsei (織田 小星), he wrote the original draft and text for the manga "Shō-chan no Bōken".
Marquess Kōichi Kido (木戸 幸一, Kido Kōichi) (July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord…
Marquess Kōichi Kido (木戸 幸一, Kido Kōichi) (July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to emperor Hirohito throughout World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment, of which he served 6 years before being released in 1953.
Yamamoto Senji (山本宣治; 28 May 1889 – 5 March 1929) was a Japanese biologist and leftist politician during the interwar…
Yamamoto Senji (山本宣治; 28 May 1889 – 5 March 1929) was a Japanese biologist and leftist politician during the interwar period of Showa era Japan.
Prince Nobusuke Takatsukasa (鷹司 信輔, Takatsukasa Nobusuke; 29 April 1889 – 1 February 1959), son of Hiromichi, was a…
Prince Nobusuke Takatsukasa (鷹司 信輔, Takatsukasa Nobusuke; 29 April 1889 – 1 February 1959), son of Hiromichi, was a Japanese nobleman and politician of the Meiji era (1868–1912) who served as a member of House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Takatsukasa Nobuhiro was his brother, and Toshimichi was his son. He was a keen ornithologist who went by the nickname of “Bird Prince” (Kotori no koshaku).
Jōji Hayashi (林 譲治, Hayashi Jōji; 24 March 1889 – 5 April 1960) was a Japanese politician who served as the Speaker of…
Jōji Hayashi (林 譲治, Hayashi Jōji; 24 March 1889 – 5 April 1960) was a Japanese politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1951 to 1952, and Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from 1948 to 1951 during Shigeru Yoshida's premiership. Prior to this he served as the Minister of Health and Welfare from 1948 to 1950, and Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1946 to 1947.
Yasujirō Tsutsumi (堤 康次郎, Tsutsumi Yasujirō; 7 March 1889 − 26 April 1964) was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician, and…
Yasujirō Tsutsumi (堤 康次郎, Tsutsumi Yasujirō; 7 March 1889 − 26 April 1964) was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician, and business tycoon who founded a dynasty which became the wealthiest, most influential family of 20th century Japan. Tsutsumi served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan from May 1953 to December 1954, resigning at the end of the government of Shigeru Yoshida.
Okinori Kaya (賀屋 興宣, Kaya Okinori; 30 January 1889 – 9 May 1977) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as…
Okinori Kaya (賀屋 興宣, Kaya Okinori; 30 January 1889 – 9 May 1977) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1937 to 1938 and 1941 to 1944, and as Minister of Justice from 1963 to 1964. Born in Hiroshima, Kaya graduated from Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Ministry of Finance. After a successful career he became Minister of Finance in the first cabinet of Fumimaro Konoe and again in the wartime cabinet of Hideki Tojo. After the Japanese surrender he was sentenced to life in prison by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Paroled in 1955, Kaya was rehabilitated and served in the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party, and as Minister of Justice under Hayato Ikeda.
Jōtarō Kawakami (河上 丈太郎; 3 January 1889 – 3 December 1965) was a Japanese politician, academic, lawyer and Christian…
Jōtarō Kawakami (河上 丈太郎; 3 January 1889 – 3 December 1965) was a Japanese politician, academic, lawyer and Christian socialist. Born in Tokyo to a devout Christian family, he studied law at Tokyo Imperial University, taught at Rikkyō University and Kwansei Gakuin University, and was drawn into the labour and socialist movements under the influence of Christian pacifists such as Toyohiko Kagawa. In the 1928 general election, the first held under universal male suffrage, he was elected to the House of Representatives as one of only eight members from a proletarian party (Japan Labour-Farmer Party). He served almost continuously until his death, interrupted only by the postwar occupation purge for his wartime association with the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. After the purge was lifted he became the first chairman of the Right Socialist Party of Japan (1952–1955). In his acceptance speech he declared that "the chairmanship is a cross to me" and that he would bear it until death, earning the enduring nickname "Crucifix Chairman" (十字架委員長). He played a leading role in the 1955 reunification of the Japan Socialist Party and later served as its chairman (1961–1965). A centrist within the party, he advocated democratic socialism, structural reform suited to Japan's high-growth economy, and an active peace movement. He survived a right-wing assassination attempt in 1960 and resigned the chairmanship in 1965 for health reasons; he died later that year with a Bible at his bedside.
Morito Tatsuo (森戸 辰男, Morito Tatsuo; 23 December 1888 – 28 May 1984) was a Japanese economist. He served as the…
Morito Tatsuo (森戸 辰男, Morito Tatsuo; 23 December 1888 – 28 May 1984) was a Japanese economist. He served as the Minister of Education under Prime Minister Tetsu Katayama, and was the first president of Hiroshima University.
Junkichi Matsuoka (松岡潤吉, Matsuoka Junkichi; 18 September 1888 – 7 September 1951) was a Japanese businessman and a…
Junkichi Matsuoka (松岡潤吉, Matsuoka Junkichi; 18 September 1888 – 7 September 1951) was a Japanese businessman and a member of the pre-war House of Peers.
Shinji Yoshino (吉野 信次, Yoshino Shinji; 17 September 1888 – 5 May 1971) was a bureaucrat, politician, and cabinet…
Shinji Yoshino (吉野 信次, Yoshino Shinji; 17 September 1888 – 5 May 1971) was a bureaucrat, politician, and cabinet minister in the government of the pre-war Empire of Japan, as well as in post-war Japan. He was the younger brother of political theorist Sakuzō Yoshino, a major proponent of Taishō democracy.
Heitarō Inagaki (稲垣 平太郎, Inagaki Heitarō; 4 July 1888 – 23 April 1976) was an entrepreneur and politician, who served…
Heitarō Inagaki (稲垣 平太郎, Inagaki Heitarō; 4 July 1888 – 23 April 1976) was an entrepreneur and politician, who served as the final Minister of Commerce and Industry and first Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in post-war Japan.
Michio Yuzawa (湯沢三千男, Yuzawa Michio; 20 May 1888 – 21 February 1963) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early…
Michio Yuzawa (湯沢三千男, Yuzawa Michio; 20 May 1888 – 21 February 1963) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan.
Saburo Hayakawa (8 April 1888 – 19 April 1973) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture…
Saburo Hayakawa (8 April 1888 – 19 April 1973) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from April 1936 to January 1937. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from the University of Tokyo. He was also governor of Saga Prefecture (1931–1933), Mie Prefecture (1933–1935), Kagoshima Prefecture (1935–1936) and Aichi Prefecture (1946).
Kiyoshi Nakarai (半井 清, Nakarai Kiyoshi; 31 March 1888 – 3 September 1982) was a Japanese bureaucrat, colonial official…
Kiyoshi Nakarai (半井 清, Nakarai Kiyoshi; 31 March 1888 – 3 September 1982) was a Japanese bureaucrat, colonial official, and politician. A career official of the Home Ministry, he served as Governor of Tochigi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Osaka Prefecture, as the 24th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency, and twice as mayor of Yokohama.
Kozaemon Kimura (木村 小左衛門; 1888–1952) was a Japanese businessman and politician who held several cabinet posts. He was…
Kozaemon Kimura (木村 小左衛門; 1888–1952) was a Japanese businessman and politician who held several cabinet posts. He was one of the long-term members of the House of Representatives. He joined several political parties, including the Democratic Party.
Taketora Ogata (緒方 竹虎, Ogata Taketora; 30 January 1888 – 28 January 1956) was a Japanese journalist, Vice President of…
Taketora Ogata (緒方 竹虎, Ogata Taketora; 30 January 1888 – 28 January 1956) was a Japanese journalist, Vice President of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and later a politician. During the war, he joined the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. After the end of the war, he was purged from public service. Later, he became the Chief Secretary of the Fourth Yoshida Cabinet, Vice President and then President of the Liberal Party of Japan of Japan, but he died before becoming a prime minister.
Kim Byung-ro (Korean: 김병로; Hanja: 金炳魯, 27 January 1888 – 13 January 1964) was a South Korean independence activist…
Kim Byung-ro (Korean: 김병로; Hanja: 金炳魯, 27 January 1888 – 13 January 1964) was a South Korean independence activist, lawyer, and politician, as well as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. Under the period of Japanese rule over Korea, he was renowned as one of the three leading national lawyers for the independence movement, along with Ho Hon and Lee In. His clan name was Ulsan Kim, and his art name was Kain (街人).
Shūji Masutani (益谷 秀次, Masutani Shūji; 17 January 1888 – 18 August 1973) was a Japanese jurist and politician who was a…
Shūji Masutani (益谷 秀次, Masutani Shūji; 17 January 1888 – 18 August 1973) was a Japanese jurist and politician who was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served at the House of Representatives for more than 26 years.
Juichi Tsushima (Japanese: 津島壽一) (1888–1967) was the 7th President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (1959–1962). He…
Juichi Tsushima (Japanese: 津島壽一) (1888–1967) was the 7th President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (1959–1962). He was a graduate of the Tokyo Imperial University. From 1957 to 1958 he was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni (東久邇宮稔彦王, Higashikuni-no-miya Naruhiko Ō; 3 December 1887 – 20 January 1990) was a member…
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni (東久邇宮稔彦王, Higashikuni-no-miya Naruhiko Ō; 3 December 1887 – 20 January 1990) was a member of the Japanese imperial family and general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) who served as the prime minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 until his resignation two months later on 9 October. He is the only member of the Japanese imperial family to head a cabinet, and Japan's shortest-serving prime minister, serving for only 54 days. Born in Kyoto, Prince Higashikuni was a son of Prince Kuni Asahiko and married Toshiko, Princess Yasu, a daughter of Emperor Meiji, thus making him an uncle-in-law of Emperor Hirohito. He graduated from the Army Academy and War College, and studied military tactics in France from 1920 to 1926. Upon his return to Japan, he was promoted to general in 1930 and held several military posts, including as commander of the General Defense Command from 1941 to 1944. Prince Higashikuni's appointment as prime minister following the war reflected a hope that his prestige as an imperial prince would help to unite the defeated country. He presided over the signing of the surrender on 2 September 1945 and the disbandment of the armed forces before resigning in opposition to an order by the Allied occupation authorities to abolish the Peace Preservation Law. He became a commoner after the abolition of the princely houses in 1947, and later formed a Buddhist sect. He is the longest-lived of Japan's premiers, dying in 1990 at the age of 102.
Hitoshi Ashida (芦田 均, Ashida Hitoshi; 15 November 1887 – 20 June 1959) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime…
Hitoshi Ashida (芦田 均, Ashida Hitoshi; 15 November 1887 – 20 June 1959) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1948. He was a prominent figure in the immediate postwar political landscape, but was forced to resign his leadership responsibilities after a corruption scandal (Shōwa Denkō Jiken) targeting two of his cabinet ministers.
Sadamu Shimomura (下村 定, Shimomura Sadamu; 23 September 1887 – 25 March 1968) was a general in the Imperial Japanese…
Sadamu Shimomura (下村 定, Shimomura Sadamu; 23 September 1887 – 25 March 1968) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the final Minister of War of the Empire of Japan.
Kanson Arahata (荒畑 寒村, Arahata Kanson; August 14, 1887 – March 6, 1981), real name Katsuzō Arahata (荒畑 勝三, Arahata…
Kanson Arahata (荒畑 寒村, Arahata Kanson; August 14, 1887 – March 6, 1981), real name Katsuzō Arahata (荒畑 勝三, Arahata Katsuzō), was a Japanese politician and writer active in the socialist and labor movements. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, he converted to socialism in 1904 while working at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, where he read anti-war pamphlets by Kōtoku Shūsui, Sakai Toshihiko, and other socialists. After the Russo-Japanese War, Arahata wrote for numerous socialist publications; his account of the Ashio Copper Mine incident is considered a classic of Japanese journalism. In 1922, Arahata helped found the Japanese Communist Party. In 1937, he was arrested as part of the Japanese government's crackdown on socialists and communists and spent the following years in prison. After World War II, he served on numerous labor committees, and was elected the first chairman of the National Trade Union of Metal and Engineering Workers. He also helped found the Japan Socialist Party in 1945, joining its Central Committee in 1947 and winning elections to the National Diet on its slate in 1946 and 1947. In 1948, Arahata's opposition to the party's approval of postal, tobacco tax, and train fare increases led him to leave its ranks. After a failed attempt to create a new socialist party, he lost his seat in the Diet in the 1949 election. In 1951, Arahata withdrew from active involvement in the socialist and labor movements, but continued to write and exercise influence. He died in 1981.
Mamoru Shigemitsu (重光 葵, Shigemitsu Mamoru; July 29, 1887 – January 26, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and politician…
Mamoru Shigemitsu (重光 葵, Shigemitsu Mamoru; July 29, 1887 – January 26, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times during and after World War II and as Deputy Prime Minister. As a civilian plenipotentiary representing the Japanese government, Shigemitsu cosigned the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.
Tetsu Katayama (片山 哲, Katayama Tetsu; 28 July 1887 – 30 May 1978) was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as…
Tetsu Katayama (片山 哲, Katayama Tetsu; 28 July 1887 – 30 May 1978) was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1947 to 1948. He was the first socialist to serve as Japanese prime minister, and the last non-member of the Liberal Democratic Party or its forerunners to serve until 1993. A devout Protestant Christian, he was a leading figure in Japanese Christian socialism. Born in Wakayama Prefecture, Katayama graduated in law from Tokyo Imperial University in 1912. He was strongly influenced by the Christian socialism of Abe Isoo, and in the 1920s served as a legal adviser to labour organisations and socialist political parties. He helped form the Social Democratic Party in 1926 and was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1930. In 1932 his party merged into the Socialist Masses Party, from which he was expelled in 1940. After the Pacific War he became the first secretary-general of the Japan Socialist Party and later its first chairman. After the 1947 election, in which the Socialists emerged as the largest party, Katayama became prime minister at the head of a coalition cabinet with the Democratic Party and the National Cooperative Party. With the backing of occupation authorities he implemented a wide range of progressive social reforms, including the establishment of a Labour Ministry, but lacked the political strength for more radical measures and was forced to resign in 1948 after only eight months in office. He lost his Diet seat in 1949, though he remained a leading figure on the party’s right wing throughout the 1950s. From 1960 he supported the newly formed Democratic Socialist Party. He also played a prominent role in promoting Japan–China cultural exchange and the World Federalist Movement.
Yūzō Yamamoto (山本 有三, Yamamoto Yūzō; 27 July 1887 – 11 January 1974) was a Japanese novelist and playwright. His real…
Yūzō Yamamoto (山本 有三, Yamamoto Yūzō; 27 July 1887 – 11 January 1974) was a Japanese novelist and playwright. His real name was written as "山本 勇造" but pronounced the same as his pen name.
Toshio Shiratori (白鳥 敏夫, Shiratori Toshio; 8 June 1887 – 3 June 1949) was a Japanese politician who served as the…
Toshio Shiratori (白鳥 敏夫, Shiratori Toshio; 8 June 1887 – 3 June 1949) was a Japanese politician who served as the ambassador to Italy (then under Fascist rule) from 1938 to 1940, adviser to the Japanese foreign minister in 1940, and one of the 14 Class-A war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine. Shiratori served as Director of Information Bureau under the Foreign Ministry from 1929 to 1933. He served as Ambassador to Sweden and non-resident Ambassador to Finland from 1933 to 1936, the Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star granted to him in 1939. He was appointed ambassador to Italy, serving from 1938 to 1940, and became adviser to foreign minister Yōsuke Matsuoka in 1940. He was an advocate of military expansionism, counseling an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan to facilitate world domination. On 23 May 1942, the Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano wrote in his diary that Shiratori had said that the 'dominion of the world belongs to Japan, the Mikado is the only god on earth, and that both Hitler and Mussolini must become resigned to this reality.' Shiratori was found guilty of conspiring to wage aggressive war by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in November 1948 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in prison of laryngeal cancer in 1949. On 7 October 1978, Shiratori was one of fourteen Class-A war criminals controversially enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine. A memo from Emperor Shōwa, disclosed in 2006, revealed that he stopped visiting Yasukuni Shrine from 1978 until his death in 1989, because "they even enshrined Matsuoka and Shiratori."
Shōji Ren (庄司 廉, April 17, 1887 - August 10, 1960) was a Japanese businessman, politician, landed magnate and gōnō…
Shōji Ren (庄司 廉, April 17, 1887 - August 10, 1960) was a Japanese businessman, politician, landed magnate and gōnō (wealthy farmer). He served as the 5th Mayor of Watari and director of Yonago Bank. He was commonly known as "Shōji no Tono-sama" ("Lord Shōji"). Actress Yoko Tsukasa is his niece.
Jo So-ang (Korean: 조소앙; Hanja: 趙素昻; 30 April 1887 – 10 September 1958) was a Korean politician, educator, and Korean…
Jo So-ang (Korean: 조소앙; Hanja: 趙素昻; 30 April 1887 – 10 September 1958) was a Korean politician, educator, and Korean independence activist. He spent much of his career in exile in China, working in the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. After Korea gained its independence in 1945, he returned to Korea. He was a right-leaning politician who supported the Provisional Government over the various competing left-leaning organizations. He participated in drawing up a draft of the proclamation of the independence of Korea in 1918 while he was studying in Japan, and after 1919, left for Shanghai to join the Provisional Government. He served various roles in the Government until 1945, including as Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of the Korean Independence Party. He also organized the society of policies on current affairs with Kim Ku and Yeo Unhyeong, contributing to establish the theories on diplomacy of the provisional government. In 1948, Jo and other politicians including Kim Ku, Kim Gyusik, and Kim Il Sung visited Pyongyang to attend a joint conference between left and right leaning politicians in an effort to keep the Korean peninsula unified. He ran for a representative of the national assembly and was elected in 1950. In the same year when the Korean War broke out, he was abducted and taken to North Korea.
Prince Kuniyuki Tokugawa (徳川圀順, Tokugawa Kuniyuki; 13 December 1886 – 17 November 1969) was the 13th head of the Mito…
Prince Kuniyuki Tokugawa (徳川圀順, Tokugawa Kuniyuki; 13 December 1886 – 17 November 1969) was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan.
Prince Shimazu Tadashige (島津 忠重; 20 October 1886 – 4 April 1968), was the son of Shimazu Tadayoshi and 30th head of the…
Prince Shimazu Tadashige (島津 忠重; 20 October 1886 – 4 April 1968), was the son of Shimazu Tadayoshi and 30th head of the Shimazu clan. He was a naval officer, and rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. His wife was the daughter of Tokudaiji Sanetsune.
Marquess Yoshichika Tokugawa (德川 義親, Tokugawa Yoshichika; 5 October 1886 – 6 September 1976) was a Japanese botanist…
Marquess Yoshichika Tokugawa (德川 義親, Tokugawa Yoshichika; 5 October 1886 – 6 September 1976) was a Japanese botanist, hunter, patron of the arts and sciences, and politician. He was the 19th head of the Owari-Tokugawa family, one of the Tokugawa Gosanke.
Tokujiro Kanamori (金森 徳次郎, Kanamori Tokujirō; 17 March 1886 – 16 June 1959) was a Japanese politician. He was a major…
Tokujiro Kanamori (金森 徳次郎, Kanamori Tokujirō; 17 March 1886 – 16 June 1959) was a Japanese politician. He was a major figure in the implementation of the postwar Japanese Constitution. Kanamori was born in 1886 in Aichi Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo University in 1912 with a degree in Law, and started work for the Ministry of Finance. In 1924, he was appointed as Director of the new Cabinet Legislation Bureau (the first person to hold this post) and he subsequently became Director-General of the Bureau a decade later. He was, however, pressured into resigning only two years later, due to sympathies with the controversial "Emperor Organ" theory proposed by Tatsukichi Minobe. Nevertheless, he remained a respected constitutional scholar, who had published several books on the Meiji Constitution. He was consulted on the wording of the new constitution by Toshio Irie. His election to the House of Peers in 1946 marked the start of his return to politics. He was elected as Minister of State in the first cabinet of Shigeru Yoshida, and in this capacity argued forcefully in favour of the new postwar constitution. In the course of 114 days of debate, Kanamori responded to over a thousand questions, with extensive responses that took up to one and a half hours. After the implementation of the new legislation, Kanamori helped to form the Kenpō Fukyū Kai (Constitution Popularization Society) in December 1946, and published books and tracts to spread awareness of the new laws throughout the population. In 1948 he became the first librarian of the National Diet Library, a post he held until his death in 1959.
Go Hui-dong (Korean: 고희동; 1886–1965), also known by the pen name Chun-gok, born in Seoul, was the first Korean painter…
Go Hui-dong (Korean: 고희동; 1886–1965), also known by the pen name Chun-gok, born in Seoul, was the first Korean painter to adopt Western styles. He spent most of his life in Seoul. He studied French there from 1899 to 1903 and briefly took a post with the Korean government. Leaving the post in 1905, he studied Korean painting for several years and then traveled to Japan, where he studied Western-style painting under Kuroda Seiki from 1909 to 1915. He returned to Korea in 1915 and sought to fuse traditional and Korean styles. Currently his house located in Bukchon Village is open to public.
Akira Kazami (風見 章; Kazami Akira; 1886–1961) was a Japanese politician. He served as Secretary-General of the First…
Akira Kazami (風見 章; Kazami Akira; 1886–1961) was a Japanese politician. He served as Secretary-General of the First Konoe Cabinet (1937–1939) and Minister of Justice of the Second Konoe Cabinet (1940).