The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan was an administrative post not of Cabinet rank in the government of the Empire of Japan, responsible for being a direct, personal advisor to the emperor, and
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Marquess Kōichi Kido was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to emperor Hirohito throughout World War II. He was co
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
…Baron Ichiki Kitokurō 一木 喜徳郎 (1867–1944) acting (by the President of the Privy Council) 6 March Yuasa Kurahei 湯浅 倉平 (1874–1940) 6 March 1936 1 June 1940 Marquis Kido Kōichi 木戸 幸一 (1889–1977) 1 June 1940 24 November 1945 See also Lord Privy Seal Keeper of the Seals Notes References Takenobu, Yoshitaro. (1928). The Japan…
Kido in c. 1940
Takamasa Kido, father of Kōichi Kido
Kido at the Tokyo Tribunal, 1947