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Takijirō Ōnishi
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Takijirō Ōnishi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze.
Takijirō Ōnishi
Takijirō Ōnishi
The Japanese aircraft mother ship Wakamiya, from which the world's first ship-based air raids against German positions in Tsingtau were flown
The Japanese aircraft mother ship Wakamiya, from which the world's first ship-based air raids against German positions in Tsingtau were flown
Grave of Ōnishi at Sōji-ji
Grave of Ōnishi at Sōji-ji
Yoshio Kodama
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Yoshio Kodama was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous kuromaku, or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th centur
Takijirō Ōnishi
…Ōnishi committed ritual suicide (seppuku) in his quarters on 16 August 1945 after the unconditional surrender of Japan at the end of World War II. Yoshio Kodama was a witness, but subsequently unable to bring himself to commit seppuku. Ōnishi's suicide note apologized to the approximately 4,000 pilots he had…
Yoshio Kodama (first row, second from right) in a group photograph with right-wing doyen Mitsuru Tōyama in 1929
Yoshio Kodama (first row, second from right) in a group photograph with right-wing doyen Mitsuru Tōyama in 1929
Kodama in January 1953 during a visit by conservative politicians Ichirō Hatoyama and Bukichi Miki to his Tokyo estate. Hatoyama became Prime Minister
Kodama in January 1953 during a visit by conservative politicians Ichirō Hatoyama and Bukichi Miki to his Tokyo estate. Hatoyama became Prime Minister of Japan a year later. The photo was published in 1953 in Mainichi Shimbun.