“military men take wars too lightly”
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Fumimaro Konoe
Prince Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941. He presided over the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and breakdown in relations with the United States which eventually culminated in the Second World War's expansion to the Asia-Pacific theater. Konoe also played a central role in transforming Japan into a totalitaria…
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politics · Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939; 1940–1941) · politician · jurist · head of government · also Fumimaro Konoe, Konoe
Born 12 October 1891 · Died 16 December 1945 · Q315594
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1946· 1 entry
Hirohito explained this decision: "I actually thought Prince Higashikuni suitable as chief of staff of the Army; but I think the appointment of a member of the imperial house to a political office must be considered very
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1945· 1 entry
Died 1945-12-16.
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1944· 1 entry
Following the defeat in the Battle of Saipan
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1941· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1941–1941).
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1940· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1940–1941).
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Under Second Konoe Cabinet as a wartime mobilization organization, ironically in alliance with local meiboka, since their cooperation was required to mobilize the rural population
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1938· 1 entry
Enacted the State General Mobilization Law which massively expanded the government's control over Japanese civilians in order to place the country on a war footing
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1937· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939).
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And breakdown in relations with the United States which eventually culminated in the Second World War's expansion to the Asia-Pacific theater
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1935· 1 entry
Konoe said that the "monopolization" of resources by the Anglo-American alliance must end and be replaced by an "international new deal" to help countries like Japan take care of their growing populations
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1934· 1 entry
And he was shocked by rising anti-Japanese sentiment
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1933· 1 entry
And spent the next few years mediating between elite political factions, elite policy consensus, and national unity
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1932· 1 entry
Political parties lost control of the cabinet
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1925· 1 entry
Konoe and these officials formed the Alliance for a New Japan (Shin Nippon Domei), which endorsed the concept of representative government but rejected the value of party and local village bosses, instead advocating that
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1916· 1 entry
While at university, Fumimaro took his father's seat in the House of Peers, upper house of the Imperial Diet
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1912· 2 entries
Fumimaro not only inherited his father's aristocratic title of kōshaku (duke or prince) but also his debt
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Proceeded to study philosophy at Tokyo Imperial University, where he again studied together with his former peers from Gakushuin
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1891· 1 entry
Born 1891-10-12.
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