Inukai Tsuyoshi
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Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese statesman who served as prime minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932. At the age of 76, Inukai was Japan's second oldest-serving prime minister, after
Inukai Tsuyoshi
Inukai, before 1932
Statue of Inukai at Kibitsu Shrine in Bitchū
Saitō Makoto
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Viscount Saitō Makoto was a Japanese admiral and politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1932 to 1934. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese
Inukai Tsuyoshi
…Prime Minister of Japan In office 13 December 1931 – 15 May 1932 Monarch Hirohito Preceded by Wakatsuki Reijirō Succeeded by Takahashi Korekiyo (acting) Saitō Makoto President of the Rikken Seiyūkai In office October 1929 – May 1932 Preceded by Tanaka Giichi Succeeded by Suzuki Kisaburō Ministerial offices Minister…
Makoto Saitō
Saitō, before 1936
Saitō in 1910
Saitō Makoto visits his close friend, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo at his official residence on 20 February 1936. Less than a week after this photograph was taken, both were assassinated by ultranationalistic Army officers during the February 26 Incident.