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Higashikuni Naruhiko: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Imperial Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko
Born February 3, 1887 • Kyōto • Japan
Died January 20, 1990 (aged 102) • Tokyo • Japan
Title / Office prime minister (1945-1945), Japan
Role In World War II
Tōjō Hideki
Tōjō Hideki
prime minister of Japan
Ugaki Kazushige.
Ugaki Kazushige
Japanese statesman
Araki Sadao.
Araki Sadao
Japanese general and statesman
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Japanese general
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki
prime minister of Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese naval officer
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Japanese emperor Hirohito, 1982
Hirohito
emperor of Japan
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Ōkawa Shūmei
Japanese political theorist and writer
Nagano Osami
Nagano Osami
Japanese admiral
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Japanese diplomat
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Japanese general
Suzuki Kantarō
Danshaku Suzuki Kantarō
prime minister of Japan
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Genda Minoru
Japanese naval officer
Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
Iva Toguri d'Aquino, known as Tokyo Rose, sits with her hands folded in her lap, wearing a collared shirt and vest, looking toward the camera.
Iva Toguri D’Aquino
American broadcaster
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United States military officer
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Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States

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