Died 1929-09-29.
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Tanaka Giichi
Baron Tanaka Giichi was a Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1927 to 1929.
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politics · Japanese general, prime minister from 1927 to 1929 · politician · diplomat · military personnel · head of government · minister · also Tanaka Giichi, Giichi Tanaka, Giichi
Born 25 July 1864 · Died 29 September 1929 · Q145416
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1929· 3 entries
China accused Tanaka of having authored the "Tanaka Memorial Imperialist Conquest Plan," which advocated the conquest of Manchuria, Mongolia, and eventually the whole of China
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– Denmark: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
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1928· 1 entry
However, the machinations of the ultranationalist secret societies and the Kwantung Army resulted in a crisis: the assassination of the Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin and the failed attempt to seize Manchuria
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1927· 2 entries
And 1928 he sent troops to intervene militarily in Shandong Province to block Chiang Kai-shek's Northern Expedition to unify China under Kuomintang rule, in what became known as the Jinan Incident
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1927–1929).
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1925· 1 entry
And was made a member of the House of Peers in January 1926
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1920· 1 entry
And was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class)
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1911· 1 entry
And was made director of the Military Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of the Army, where he recommended an increase in the strength of the standing army by two additional infantry divisions
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1906· 1 entry
Tanaka helped draft a defense plan which was so highly regarded by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff and General Yamagata Aritomo that it was adopted as basic policy until World War I
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1892· 1 entry
And served as a junior officer during the First Sino-Japanese War
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1864· 1 entry
Born 1864-07-25.
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