Fumimaro Konoe

Prince Fumimaro Konoe (?? ?? Konoe Fumimaro) (sometimes Konoye, October 12 1891–December 16 1945) was a Japanese politician and the 34th (June 4 1937–January 5 1939), 38th (July 22 1940–July 18 1941) and 39th (July 18 1941–October 18 1941) Prime Minister of Japan.

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October 12 - 1891 - December 16 - 1945 - Japan - Politician - June 4 - 1937 - January 5 - 1939 - July 22 - 1940 - July 18 - 1941 - October 18 - Prime Minister of Japan

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He was born as a prince into the ancient Fujiwara clan, an heir of Duke Konoe family in Tokyo. He entered politics in 1920 as a moderate and a protege of Saionji Kinmochi, opposed to the power of the army.

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Fujiwara - Konoe family - Tokyo - Saionji Kinmochi

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In June 1937, he became Prime Minister in an attempt to balance the growing power of the military, but he turned increasingly militaristic himself. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in July 1937 and under pressure from hard-liners, his cabinet agreed to expand operations in China and handed the entire conduct of the conflict in China to the military leaders to progress without government oversight. In November, Konoe announced Japan's aim of a new order in Asia, what would become the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and pressed China for concessions to end the Sino-Japanese War. He resigned on January 4 1939 over his failure to negotiate an end to the conflict in China. Kiichiro Hiranuma succeeded him as Prime Minister.

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1937 - Prime Minister - Militaristic - Marco Polo Bridge Incident - China - Government - Asia - Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere - Sino-Japanese War - January 4 - 1939 - Kiichiro Hiranuma

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Before at organizing your government cabinet,the ambitious prince,if retireing to village in Karuizawa Mountains,for traced your political and thinking plans,joining at Fumio Goto,the first president of "Showa Studies Society"organism charged to preparing at future political leaders in one Totalitarian Japan.

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Karuizawa - Fumio Goto - Showa Studies Society - Totalitarian - Japan

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Konoye poses all interests in created one political and economical

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"new revolution",were if leading the national doctrine for conduct

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the path to japanese totalitarian state (Military Shogunate based in feudal relations between "sir"(militarists and followers) and "subjects"(common people).the Konoye s revolution if different to Hitler or Mussolini actions in why no stayed accompained of bath of blood,for why are leaving,virtually without any opposers for part of your victims,why submited in "docille" form, at amably "recomendation" of stablishment servitors,or in other hand at

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Japanese - Totalitarian - State - Military Shogunate - Feudal - Hitler - Mussolini

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terrible menaces for part of ultranationalists groupings,along

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para-military gangs organized by Army.

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Other member of such group are the Count Yoriyasu Arima,more interests in radical political experiments,and relationed with Farmers Cooperatives along the Imperial Farmers Association.Arima poses similar radical interests why Konoye and Goto,why reading at Karl Marx and during your times in Imperial University of Kyoto readed about anarchism of Max Stirner.all thinkers working in organization of one new radical policy for japan.

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Yoriyasu Arima - Imperial Farmers Association - Karl Marx - Imperial University of Kyoto - Anarchism - Max Stirner

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In accord with Baron Hiranuma,theirs proposes one political sistem,were one equal repart of richests and goods between workers,farmers and Capitalists,severe limits and putting some taxes at richests beneficts to higth merchants ,and impede new augments in life costs at low masses.other ideas are major control of government in private empress and industry,for media of state cartels,for managing the resources and prime materia,along of permit some tax beneficts to industrialists in oppose to militarists,and organized one great government syndicate for direct control in workers affairs.

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Baron Hiranuma - Workers - Farmers - Capitalists - Merchants - Low masses - Private empress - Industry - State cartels - Industrialists

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The political part implied,the total abolishing of traditional parties for organized one national politic organization at German Nazi or Fascists Italy dictatorship style.such entity guided the new appointments in Diet,your political processes and Cabinet.the main objetive of organization if prevent any political oposition at any gubernative program and stay conformed at difference of european counterparts for leading of collective joint organized and approved by Prime Minister.

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German - Nazi - Fascists - Italy - Diet - Prime Minister

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The worker syndicates,why are reduced in quantities,if submited,no

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for poses galantry for confronted such menaces and defend your

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constitutional rigths,without if guiving count why your rigts

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was entire destroyed by militarists and your partidaires for

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motif of attempt of inner attempt to constitutional coup d etat

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and dissolve the sacred Meiji constitution,with sanction of

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Prime Minister Konoye and Emperor Hirohito.

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The traditional political parties,falling in similar form,when

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the government agents,infiltrated in such organizations,cominzed

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to dividing in reduced factions,and was abandoned by capitalists

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clans your originally supporters,previously served of theirs for

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poses influences and representants in Diet.

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Fusanosuke Kuhara,ex-syndicalist and rigth-wing spokesman,anounced the arriving of new "political prophet" incarned in Konoye for charged the governmentalong aid for part of Senjuro Hayashi.inmediatelly all traditional parties and syndicates are victims of strikes of rigth-wing and nationalists groups,in accord with new politic ideas of Konoye with militarists support.he if in 1940 organized your historic second cabinet.one case particular of such political victims was Komachiki Matsuoka leader of Workers Federation of Japan, the principal syndicate in country, if calling by Wellfare Ministerium with orders of dissolve your

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Fusanosuke Kuhara - Rigth-wing - Senjuro Hayashi - Nationalists - Komachiki Matsuoka - Workers Federation of Japan - Wellfare Ministerium

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organization for obtain "armony" between government and workers. such syndicalists leader if saying not at menaces,for all receiving visit of rigth-wing violent followers for changed your previous idea and ordered the dissolve of syndicate,and Minseito Party,why was "convinced" with some Ultranationalists agitators in party headquarters and destroyed all things and causing damages between party followers meeting in relation of discus about dissolve the movement.later such agitators ordered at some party members of making official declaration were mentioned why your party no existing.at journals and press was banned the mention of violence in use for supresed the last traditional party in nation,previous at Pacific War period.

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Rigth-wing - Minseito - Ultranationalists - Pacific War

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Proper Konoye when occured the "Cleansing Operations"(how sayed the

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militarists),stayed in thinking workings along your partidaires

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in your village in Karuizawa mountains.when the militarists

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finalizing your "task",if when return to Tokyo how your "saving

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of country",front at chaotic situation,your last political hope.

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When Konoye stay ready for organized your cabinet,the Japanese Army downed at Yonai Cabinet,with simply resource of retireing of War minister and guiving your own triunvirate why poses

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in common the organization of Manchukuo state in Militarists-Socialist moulds: General Hideki Tojo,one of chief of Kwantung Army,the creators of Manchukuo,Yosuke Matsuoka

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Manchukuo - Militarists-Socialist - Hideki Tojo - Kwantung Army - Yosuke Matsuoka

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why retireing at country of Society of Nations also president of South Manchurian Railway and Naoki Hoshino thinker in charged of traced the Manchukuo conquests plans. Tojo receiving the War Ministerium,Matsuoka charged of Foreing Affairs Ministerium and Hoshino managed the Project Departments for making the new

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Society of Nations - South Manchurian Railway - Naoki Hoshino - Project Departments

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economical policies in nation.at same time in representation of Capitalists stay Ichizo Kobayashi(admirer of Adolph Hitler policies),Shozo Murata and Akira Kazami,over all stay Konoye in charge of Prime Minister.these all rigth-socialists

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Capitalists - Ichizo Kobayashi - Adolph Hitler - Shozo Murata - Akira Kazami

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group loss the Japanese Army support and Goto,Arima and others 40

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members of ejecutive commision of group if falling in disgrace at militarists.

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Army militarists support other group organized by Kiichiro Hiranuma were stay Kingoro Hashimoto why promoted the unique dictatorship Party with socialists bases respect at economical

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Kiichiro Hiranuma - Kingoro Hashimoto - Socialists

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sistem,along one directorate conformed by militarist and nationalists,why convert in local equivalent of leaders of national socialists party,Masatane Ogura(with Sumitomo links),Teijiro Toyoda(linked at Mitsui and Japanese Navy) and Seizo Sakonji.these ambitious politic program was destroyed by same proper militarists debt at implied the some control of your

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Militarist - Nationalists - National socialists - Masatane Ogura - Sumitomo - Teijiro Toyoda - Mitsui - Japanese Navy - Seizo Sakonji

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interests and political influence spheres, but some ideas,more later take in count for theirs in own political plans,in relation of your interests in future rigth-socialists and political militarist ideas.

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During same period if why comminzed the Japanese Army contacts with

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Wang Chingwei and some partidaires,respect at organizing one pro-japanese government in eventually occupied chinese mainland.

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Konoe returned to the premiership on July 17, 1940, and despite negotiations with America he oversaw the build-up to war with Vice Admiral Teijiro Toyoda succeeding Yosuke Matsuoka as his belligerent foreign minister. He concluded an alliance with the Axis, issued the National Mobilization Law, created the foundations of a wartime government (called Shin Taisei or New Political Order) and in October 1940 established the Imperial Rule Assistance Association (Taisei Yokusankai) to replace the political parties, which had voluntarily dissolved themselves. Having failed to reach an agreement with the United States to (at least) avoid a war on two fronts, he resigned in October 1941, to be replaced by his War Minister, Hideki Tojo.

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July 17 - 1940 - Teijiro Toyoda - Yosuke Matsuoka - Foreign minister - Axis - United States - Hideki Tojo

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Konoe played a role in the fall of the Tojo government in 1944 and in February 1945 he advised Emperor Hirohito to begin negotiations to end World War II. After the beginning of the American occupation, he served in the cabinet of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, the first post-war government, but he came under suspicion of war crimes, in which he faced almost certain conviction and execution by hanging. In December 1945, during the last call by the Americans for alleged war criminals to report to the Americans, he took potassium cyanide poison and commited suicide. It was 1945, exactly 1300 years after his ancestor, Fujiwara no Kamatari, led a coup d'état at court during the Soga clan. So symbolically ended the era of the Fujiwara regents.

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1944 - Hirohito - World War II - Naruhiko Higashikuni - War crime

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His grandson, Morihiro Hosokawa, became prime minister fifty years later.

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