Konoe Fumimaro , (born Oct. 12, 1891, Tokyo, Japanādied Dec. 16, 1945, Tokyo), Political leader and prime minister of Japan (1937ā39, 1940ā41), who tried unsuccessfully to restrict the power of the military and to keep Japanās war with China from widening into a world conflict. In 1941 he signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and participated in U.S.-mediated negotiations to try to resolve the conflict with China. Later that year he resigned over differences with TÅjÅ Hideki. During the war he was forced to leave the centre of politics; afterward he was a deputy minister in the Higashikuni cabinet. He committed suicide after being served an arrest warrant on suspicion of being a war criminal.
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