Hiranuma Kiichirō
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Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
Hiranuma in 1939, wearing his Privy Counsellor's uniform
Lord Privy Seal Kurahei Yuasa visits Hiranuma in preparation to visit Prince Saionji for final selection of the next Prime Minister, 31 May 1937.
The Hiranuma Cabinet, including Minister-without-Portfolio Fumimaro Konoe (to the right of Hiranuma), Interior Minister Kōichi Kido (second row, between Hiranuma and Konoe), Naval Minister Mitsumasa Yonai (back row, with dark military suit) and War Minister Seishirō Itagaki (to the right of Yonai, with light military suit), 5 January 1939.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946, to try leaders of the Empire of
Hiranuma Kiichirō
…later the same year. He later returned to cabinet under Fumimaro Konoe. After the Japanese surrender, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for his role in World War II. Hiranuma was born on 28 September 1867, in what is now Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture, as the son of a low-ranking…
Court chamber during the tribunal in Ichigaya, Tokyo
International Military Tribunal, Far East; Courtroom Seating Diagram
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East was convened at Ichigaya Court, formerly the Imperial Japanese Army H building, in Ichigaya, Tokyo.
The judges (July 29, 1946)