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Also Known As Konoe Fumimaro, Kōshaku • Konoye Fumimaro
Born October 12, 1891 • Tokyo • Japan
Died December 16, 1945 (aged 54) • Tokyo • Japan
Title / Office prime minister (1940-1941), Japan • prime minister (1937-1939), Japan
Role In Second Sino-Japanese War • World War II

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Yamamoto Isoroku.
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Japanese emperor Hirohito, 1982
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Tōjō Hideki
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Ugaki Kazushige.
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Japanese admiral
Araki Sadao.
Araki Sadao
Japanese general and statesman
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Japanese general
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Japanese diplomat
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Japanese general
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Higashikuni Naruhiko
prime minister of Japan
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki
prime minister of Japan
Suzuki Kantarō
Danshaku Suzuki Kantarō
prime minister of Japan
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Genda Minoru
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Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
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Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
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John J. McCloy
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