List of important political and civil figures during World War II: Emperor Hirohito: Emperor of Japan Osachi Hamaguchi: Prime MinisterBix, Herbert P. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. Harper Perennial (2001). Tomeo Sagoya: the assassin of Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi. He was a member of Aikokusha (Love of Country Association) Wakatsuki Reijirō: Prime Minister Hara Takashi: Commoner and liberal thinker of the Seiyukai party, came to be Prime Minister Kaku Mori: a Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Yōsuke Matsuoka: Foreign Affairs Minister Fumimaro Konoe: Prime Minister, founder of Dobunkai Secret society Naotake Satō: himself realizing official duties, Manchukuo and China, some ambassador in Italy and last Ambassador in Soviet Union Kanji Kato: an important functionary in the Foreign affairs ministry Gotō Shinpei: ex-governor of Taiwan and important supporter of Manchukuo actions Noburo Ohtani: president of N.Y.K. Line Kishi Shinsuke: a nationalist, industrialist and merchant Yakichiro Suma: Spokesman of Foreign Affairs Ministry Nobofumi Ito: Chief of Information department Koh Ishii: Spokesman of Information department Saitō Takao: Member of Diet, opposed to official policy Baron Takumo Dan: Chief of Mitsui Banking interest and United States friend Kazuo Taoka: nationalist and head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate. Kenji Osano: Ultranationalist politician and kuromaku. Kōki Hirota: member of Genyosha and Black Dragon secret societies, also Foreign Minister, Prime Minister Kaoru Ogawa: another member of nationalist societies and right wing believer associated with organized crime Ryōhei Uchida: Ultranationalist, founder of Genyosha (Dark Ocean, also Black Ocean) secret society; too right-wing adviser and president of Dai Nippon Seisanto (Japan Production Party) nationalist party. Kuzuo Yoshihisa: Right-wing supporter, successor of Ryohei Uchida in leading of Black Dragon Society in 1937. Kotaro Hiraoka: another ultranationalist, also a Samurai. Another founder of the Genyosha Secret society. Mitsuro Toyama: chief of Black Dragon Society, also founder of Kenkokukai and Roninkai secret groups. Kosaburo Tachibana: right-wing follower, founder of Aikyojuku (Native-Land-Loving School) Secret society Kakuei Tanaka: Ultranationalist. Former Japanese Prime Minister Hisayuki Machii: Ethnic Korean and boss of Toa-kai Kakuji Inagawa: another right-wing follower and boss of Inagawa-kai yakuza syndicate. Fumio Gotō: chief of Showa Studies Society Dr. Shūmei Ōkawa: nationalist ideologist and instructor in Showa Studies Society Count Yoriyasu Arima: another "professor" in Showa Studies Society Fusanosuke Kuhara: ex-syndicalist, ideologist and right-wing spokesman Komakichi Matsuoka: syndicalist and leader of the Worker Federation of Japan industrial Syndicate during the 1940s Naoki Hoshino: right-wing and Army civil follower Ideologist Ichizō Kobayashi: President of Tokio Gasu Denky (Electric light and Gas Company of Tokyo) and Minister of Commerce and Industry Shōzō Murata: president of Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Minister of Communications Prince Saionji Kinmochi: last survivor of ancient Genro group, related with Sumitomo Zaibatsu Clan Akira Kazami: Ministry of Justice Baron Hiranuma Kiichirō: Radical thinker, Home Minister Masatsune Ogura: Director of Sumitomo Empress and Finance Minister Chikao Fujisawa: member of Diet, supporte of State Shinto laws Prince Kan'in Kotohito, supporter of State Katsuko Tojo: Tojo's wife and supporter of the implementation of eugenics policies in Japan Yoshisuke Aikawa: Industrialist of Nissan Company, also Chief of Manchukuo Industrial Zaibatsu along Japanese Army Establishment Toshio Shiratori: radical follower of the Axis powers alliance, first adviser of the Foreign Affairs ministry and ambassador in Italy Count Kabayama: moderate and Capitalist diplomat, also United States friend Renzo Sawada: ex-ambassador in France Juji Kasai: Representative Chamber Member, another Pro-American Kensuke Horinouchi: Ambassador in the United States for a short time Marquis Okuma: ex-Prime Minister Fuji Fujuzawa: Industrialist and foreign merchant in Scrap iron and nationalist government supporter Saburō Kurusu: new special ambassador in the United States Kaname Wakasugi: aide of Special Ambassador Yoshio Kodama: ultranationalist thinker and political personality related with Yakuza groups Ryoichi Sasakawa: a right-wing follower and ideology also linked with criminal societies Okinori Kaya: nationalist and merchant related with some Yakuza groups
Military figures in politics
General Kazushige Ugaki: Prime Minister General Tanaka Giichi: Prime Minister General Hideki Tōjō: Prime Minister, War Minister and Home Minister General Sadao Araki: Radical ideologist, founder of Kodoha Party and Minister of Education Admiral Makoto Saito: Prime Minister Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto: Leader of Imperial Young Federation, Imperial Aid Association and Imperial Farmers Association Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai: Prime Minister General Nobuyuki Abe: Foreign Affairs Minister Lieutenant General Heisuke Yanagawa: Ministry of Justice and leader of the Imperial Aid Association Admiral Teijirō Toyoda: Commerce & Industry and Foreign Affairs Minister Lieutenant General Seizo Sakonji: Commerce & Industry Minister General Kuniaki Koizo: Prime Minister and partidaire of State Shintoism policy Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura: military policy, proposed how special ambassador in agreements with the United States General Hachirō Arita: ex-Foreign Affairs Minister and military thinker Colonel Hideo Iwakuro: member of Army Staaff, right-winger, and diplomatic Army supporter
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