Ministry of the Navy (Japan)
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The Ministry of the Navy was a cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It existed from 1872 to 1945.
Navy Ministry building, Chiyoda, Tokyo, c. 1890
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Shigetarō Shimada
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Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He also served as Minister of the Navy. He was convicted of waging aggressive war and sentenced to life imprisonment
Ministry of the Navy (Japan)
…20 Zengo Yoshida 吉田 善吾 30 August 1939 5 September 1940 Abe Yonai 2nd Konoe 21 Koshirō Oikawa 及川 古志郎 5 September 1940 18 October 1941 3rd Konoe 22 Shigetarō Shimada 嶋田 繁太郎 18 October 1941 17 July 1944 Tojo 23 Naokuni Nomura 野村 直邦 17 July 1944 22 July 1944 24 Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 22 July 1944 1 December 1945 Koiso…
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Tsuneo Matsudaira, Shigetarō Shimada, Mineichi Koga, and Saburō Hyakutake on the deck of the battleship Musashi, June 1943