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Fumimaro Konoe

Japanese prime minister who led Japan into war with China and the United States.

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He became the 29th leader of the Konoe house, which was described as "First among the go-sekke" by historian Eri Hotta.[1] Konoe headed three cabinets as Prime Minister, with his initial appointment occurring in June 1937.[2][3]

Life and work

He studied at the First Higher School and later at Tokyo Imperial University and Kyoto Imperial University.[4][5] In Kyoto he met genrō Saionji Kinmochi and became his protégé, later accompanying him to the Versailles peace conference.[6] He took his father's seat in the House of Peers in 1916 and joined the conservative kenkyukai faction in 1922.[7] Konoe became Prime Minister in June 1937 and escalated the war with China, rejecting peace negotiations and issuing a statement in January 1938 declaring Japan would no longer deal with Chiang Kai-shek.[2][8][9]

What the cited sources add

The National Diet Library record confirms that Konoe's father was a koshaku (prince) named Atsumaro Konoe.[3] The same record states that Konoe formed his first cabinet in 1937.[3]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Berger 1974, p. 453; 堺屋太一, "日本を創った12人", 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hotta 2013, p. 35; Hotta 2013, p. 35 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. "KONOE Fumimaro", National Diet Library. facts only, no text reused. ndl.go.jp
  4. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nussbaum, 2002, p. 230 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: 『第一高等学校一覧 自大正元年至大正2年』第一高等学校、1912年、303頁。 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oka 1983, p. 8-9; Berger 1974, p. 453 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Berger 1974, p. 453; Berger 1974, p. 453; Berger 1974, p. 453 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gerhard, "The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany: Starting World War II 1937–39", University of Chicago Press, 1980, p. 176 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Fumimaro Konoe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hotta 2013, p. 35; Wakabayashi, "Emperor Hirohito on Localized Aggression in China", Sino-Japanese Studies, 1991, p. 15; Gerhard, "The Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany: Starting World War II 1937–39", University of Chicago Press, 1980, p. 176 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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