Japanese People of World War II - Fumimaro Konoe, Nobusuke Kishi, Chiune Sugihara, Hideki T J, Sadao Araki, Kuniaki Koiso, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Hiranuma Kiichir, Tatsuo Kawai, Sabur Kurusu, Shigenori T G, Kenkichi Yoshizawa (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Fumimaro Konoe, Nobusuke Kishi, Chiune Sugihara, Hideki T j, Sadao Araki, Kuniaki Koiso, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Hiranuma Kiichir, Tatsuo Kawai, Sabur Kurusu, Shigenori T g, Kenkichi Yoshizawa, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Y suke Yamahata, Hachir Arita, Naoki Hoshino, Kinoaki Matsuo, Toshikazu Kase, Fusanosuke Kuhara, Sh z Murata, Sait Takao, Aiichiro Fujiyama, Okinori Kaya, Kiyoshi Tanimoto, Koko Kondo, Tatsuo Osako. Excerpt: Prince Fumimaro Konoe (Ky jitai:, Shinjitai:, Konoe Fumimaro) (often Konoye, October 12, 1891 - December 16, 1945) was a Japanese politician who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Taisei Yokusankai. Prince Fumimaro Konoe was born into the ancient Fujiwara clan, and was the heir of the princely Konoe family in Tokyo. This was a highly prestigious Japanese family, so lofty that the older and more powerful noble, Saionji Kinmochi, addressed the young student as "your excellency" when he first met him. The Prince received a broad education, acquiring both German and English. He was particularly drawn to Socialist writings, and at age 23 translated and published Oscar Wilde's The Soul of Man Under Socialism. Konoe's father, Atsumaro, had been politically active, having organized the Anti-Russia Society in 1903. Atsumaro had been considered a potential candidate for Prime Minister, but died in 1904. That left Konoe with the title of Prince, plenty of social standing but not much money, and plenty of room for a mentor/father-figure. That mentor was Saionji. Even so, Konoe never fully embraced his mentor's pro-Western attitudes. Prince Konoe convinced Saionji to include him in the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. Konoe made a considerable public splash in 1918 when he published-in...