Kiyoura Keigo
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Count Kiyoura Keigo was a Japanese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1924, during the period which historians have called the "Taishō Democracy".
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Kiyoura in 1924
Kiyoura Keigo during his premiership
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
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Yamamoto Gonbē, also called Gonnohyōe, was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and twice Prime Minister of Japan from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1923 to 1924.
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…to viscount (shishaku). In 1914, when Kiyoura was a Privy Councillor, he received an imperial order appointing him Prime Minister of Japan following Yamamoto Gonnohyōe. However, Kiyoura declined the post because of the controversy involving the ongoing Siemens scandal and Ōkuma Shigenobu was chosen to become prime…
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Yamamoto during his premiership
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Japanese Minister of the Navy, Admiral Baron Yamamoto visiting the captured city of Dalny, just north of Port Arthur in December 1904. Accompanying the Minister were several Western observers, including Italian naval attaché Ernesto Burzagli who photographed the inspection tour.