Tientsin Incident (1931)
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The Tientsin incident of 1931 was the operation planned by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan to place Puyi on the throne of the Japanese-controlled Manchuria. The plan, orchestrated by Colonel
Puyi, as Emperor of Manchukuo, 1932
Kijūrō Shidehara
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Baron Kijūrō Shidehara, was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II.
From left to right: Robert Woods Bliss, Robert Coontz, Kanji Kato, Kunishige Tanaka, Andre Brewster at the Washington Conference on 24 October 1921.
Left to right; Baron Kijuro Shidehara, Admiral Katō Tomosaburō, Prince Iesato Tokugawa on 3 November 1921, to attend the Washington Naval Conference.