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Born June 1868 • Okayama • Japan
Died April 30, 1956 (aged 87) • Tokyo • Japan • (Anniversary in 2 days)
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Higashikuni Naruhiko
prime minister of Japan
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki
prime minister of Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese military officer
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Hirohito
Hirohito
emperor of Japan
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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Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Iva Toguri D’Aquino
American broadcaster
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
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Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Zhukov
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Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
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