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Japanese Navy Secret Service units. Isoge Taro:- Operative leader of Joho Kyoko (Japanese naval intelligence) and Tokeitai (naval military police) Captain Onoda: Navy figure, in the Second Bureau (Intelligence Division), Japanese Army; Kanyei Chuyo: Commander in Japanese Navy Secret services. Directed the 8th Section "Yashika".
The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day. 32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
After Japan's surrender, women's leaders in Japan began calling for women's enfranchisement. In August 1945, Ichikawa Fusae (a leader of the pre-war women's suffrage movement) organized the Women's Committee to Cope with Postwar Conditions, a group of 70 Japanese women whose top priorities included women's enfranchisement. [36]
The Japanese military before and during World War II committed numerous atrocities against civilian and military personnel. Its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, prior to a declaration of war and without warning killed 2,403 neutral military personnel and civilians and wounded 1,247 others.
Several hundred thousand women served in combat roles, especially in anti-aircraft units. The Soviet Union integrated women directly into their army units; approximately one million served in the Red Army, including about at least 50,000 on the frontlines; Bob Moore noted that "the Soviet Union was the only major power to use women in front-line roles," [2]: 358, 485 The United States, by ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Japanese general and statesman (1884–1948) The native form of this personal name is Tōjō Hideki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals. Junior Second Rank Hideki Tojo 東條 英機 Tojo in 1941 Prime Minister of Japan In office 18 October 1941 – 22 July ...
Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan Hideki Tojo, Supreme Military Leader of Japan and Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944. Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor Shōwa) was the Emperor from 1926 until his death in 1989, making him the last surviving leader of the big three (Germany, Italy, and Japan). He was viewed as a semi-divine leader.