List of Japanese Political Figures in Early Showa Period

List Of Japanese Political Figures In Early Showa Period

List of important political and civil figures during World War II:

  • Osachi Hamaguchi: Prime Minister
  • Tomeo Sagoya: the assassin of Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi. He was a member of Aikoku-sha (Love of Country Association)
  • Wakatsuki Reijirō: Prime Minister
  • Hara Takashi: Commoner and liberal thinker of the Seiyukai party, came to be Prime Minister
  • Kaku Mori: a Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Yōsuke Matsuoka: Foreign Affairs Minister
  • Fumimaro Konoe: Prime Minister, founder of Dobunkai Secret society
  • Naotake Satō: himself realizing official duties, Manchukuo and China, some ambassador in Italy and last Ambassador in Soviet Union
  • Kanji Kato: an important functionary in the Foreign affairs ministry
  • Gotō Shinpei: ex-governor of Taiwan and important supporter of Manchukuo actions
  • Noburo Ohtani: president of N.Y.K. Line
  • Kishi Shinsuke: a nationalist, industrialist and merchant
  • Yakichiro Suma: Spokesman of Foreign Affairs Ministry
  • Nobofumi Ito: Chief of Information department
  • Koh Ishii: Spokesman of Information department
  • Saitō Takao: Member of Diet, opposed to official policy
  • Baron Takumo Dan: Chief of Mitsui Banking interest and United States friend
  • Kazuo Taoka: nationalist and head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate.
  • Kenji Osano: Ultranationalist politician and kuromaku.
  • Kōki Hirota: member of Genyosha and Black Dragon secret societies, also Foreign Minister, Prime Minister
  • Kaoru Ogawa: another member of nationalist societies and right wing believer associated with organized crime
  • Ryōhei Uchida: Ultranationalist, founder of Genyosha (Dark Ocean, also Black Ocean) secret society; too right-wing adviser and president of Dai Nippon Seisanto (Japan Production Party) nationalist party.
  • Kuzuo Yoshihisa: Right-wing supporter, successor of Ryohei Uchida in leading of Black Dragon Society in 1937.
  • Kotaro Hiraoka: another ultranationalist, also a Samurai. Another founder of the Genyosha Secret society.
  • Mitsuro Toyama: chief of Black Dragon Society, also founder of Kenkokukai and Roninkai secret groups.
  • Kosaburo Tachibana: right-wing follower, founder of Aikyojuku (Native-Land-Loving School) Secret society
  • Kakuei Tanaka: Ultranationalist. Former Japanese Prime Minister
  • Hisayuki Machii: Ethnic Korean and boss of Toa-kai
  • Kakuji Inagawa: another right-wing follower and boss of Inagawa-kai yakuza syndicate.
  • Fumio Gotō: chief of Showa Studies Society
  • Dr. Shūmei Ōkawa: nationalist ideologist and instructor in Showa Studies Society
  • Count Yoriyasu Arima: another "professor" in Showa Studies Society
  • Fusanosuke Kuhara: ex-syndicalist, ideologist and right-wing spokesman
  • Komakichi Matsuoka: syndicalist and leader of the Worker Federation of Japan industrial Syndicate during the 1940s
  • Naoki Hoshino: right-wing and Army civil follower Ideologist
  • Ichizō Kobayashi: President of Tokio Gasu Denky (Electric light and Gas Company of Tokyo) and Minister of Commerce and Industry
  • Shōzō Murata: president of Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Minister of Communications
  • Prince Saionji Kinmochi: last survivor of ancient Genro group, related with Sumitomo Zaibatsu Clan
  • Akira Kazami: Ministry of Justice
  • Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō: Radical thinker, Home Minister
  • Masatsune Ogura: Director of Sumitomo Empress and Finance Minister
  • Chikao Fujisawa: member of Diet, supporte of State Shinto laws
  • Prince Kan'in Kotohito, supporter of State
  • Katsuko Tojo: Tojo's wife and supporter of the implementation of eugenics policies in Japan
  • Yoshisuke Aikawa: Industrialist of Nissan Company, also Chief of Manchukuo Industrial Zaibatsu along Japanese Army Establishment
  • Toshio Shiratori: radical follower of the Axis Powers alliance, first adviser of the Foreign Affairs ministry and ambassador in Italy
  • Count Kabayama: moderate and Capitalist diplomat, also United States friend
  • Renzo Sawada: ex-ambassador in France
  • Juji Kasai: Representant Chamber Member, another Pro-American
  • Kensuke Horinouchi: Ambassador in the United States for a short time
  • Marquis Okuma: ex-Prime Minister
  • Fuji Fujuzawa: Industrialist and foreign merchant in Scrap iron and nationalist government supporter
  • Saburō Kurusu: new special ambassador in the United States
  • Kaname Wakasugi: aide of Special Ambassador
  • Yoshio Kodama: ultranationalist thinker and political personality related with Yakuza groups
  • Ryoichi Sasakawa: a right-wing follower and ideology also linked with criminal societies
  • Okinori Kaya: nationalist and merchant related with some Yakuza groups

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