Nobuyuki Abe
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General Nobuyuki Abe was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Prime Minister of Japan, and the last Governor-General of Korea.
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Nobuyuki Abe Cabinet (30 August 1939)
Abe as the Japanese ambassador signing the Japan-Manchukuo-China joint declaration with Wang Jingwei and Zang Shiyi, 30 November 1940 in Nanjing
Hiranuma Kiichirō
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Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
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…Supreme War Council, he was placed on the reserve list on 10 March 1936. Abe was not the obvious first choice as prime minister after the collapse of the Hiranuma Kiichirō cabinet. From the civilian side, Konoe Fumimaro or Hirota Kōki were regarded as front-runners, but the Army and the ultranationalists strongly supported…
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.