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Parent topics
- History of Japan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. [e]
Subtopics
- Kokutai [r]: Word with many associations in Japanese politics, often rendered into English as national polity. [e]
Brothers
- Prince Chichibu [r]: (1902-1953) Next younger of Emperor Hirohito's four brothers; generally sympathetic to reform movements; Japanese Military Academy graduate who also studied at Oxford University [e]
- Prince Takamatsu [r]: (1905—1987) Younger brother of Emperor Hirohito; Imperial Japanese Navy officer before 1945, specializing in communications and naval aviation; philanthropist and patron of arts after the war [e]
- Prince Mikasa [r]: Add brief definition or description
Uncles
- Prince Kanin [r]: (1865-1945) Prince, adopted son of Emperor Komei; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (23 Dec 1931 - 3 Oct 1940), followed by Hajime Sugiyama; key adviser to Emperor Hirohito and close adviser until his death [e]
- Yasuhiko Asaka
- Prince Higashikuni [r]: (1887 – 1990) Extremely influential Japanese aristocrat, usually known as Prince Higashikuni, uncle of and advisor to Emperor Hirohito; field marshal, Imperial Japanese Army; briefly Prime Minister of Japan for the "surrender cabinet" [e]
Actions
- Japanese decision for war in 1941 [r]: The specific plans, decisions and preliminary operations (e.g. French Indochina), by the Empire of Japan, to begin large-scale operations of World War Two in the Pacific in December 1941, primarily in 1941 but some in 1940; level of detail below Strike-South Movement [e]
- Surrender of Japan [r]: Those specific discussions and actions undertaken by senior Japanese leaders, in 1945, to consider an end to World War Two in the Pacific, and eventually to carry out the surrender [e]
- Occupation of Japan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Douglas MacArthur [r]: Senior U.S. Army commander in the Second World War, head of the Occupation of Japan, holder of the highest rank and highest honor for valor in the Army, yet relieved of command for insubordination [e]
- Marine biology [r]: The study of life in the seas and oceans. [e]
- Hostages Case (NMT) [r]: A trial of senior Nazi Army officers for war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in Yugoslavia and Greece [e]
- U.S. intelligence activities in Chile [r]: United States intelligence community analysis of, and activities in, Chile, and with multinational issues relating to Chile that are not specific to Western Hemisphere affairs [e]
- Tokyo [r]: (東京 Tookyoo) capital of Japan, a densely-populated metropolitan region of many cities in the Kanto region of Honshu island; population about 13,000,000. [e]
- Harry S. Truman [r]: (1884-1972) President of the U.S. from 1945 to 1953. [e]
- Koki Hirota [r]: (1878-1948) Japanese diplomat, foreign minister, and briefly Prime Minister of Japan after the February 26, 1936 Incident; only civilian official sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East [e]