Fumimaro Konoe

Fumimaro Konoe

Fumimaro Konoe

Fumimaro Konoe was a high-ranking aristocrat who served three terms as Prime Minister of Japan. His first cabinet saw the escalation of the Second Sino-Japanese War after he issued statements refusing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek's government. He launched the New Order Movement, replacing political parties with the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and signed the Tripartite Pact during his later cabinets. Shortly before the war's end, he presented a memorial to the Emperor urging early peace. Indicted as a Class-A war criminal in 1945, Konoe committed suicide.

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Year Fumimaro Konoe
1891
Birth of Fumimaro Konoe (Period: October 12, 1891, Location: Tokyo (formerly Tokyo City))
1913
Marriage (Fumimaro Konoe, Chiyoko Mori, Age: 21 years old, Period: 1913, Location: Details Unknown (Presumed Within Japan))
1914
World War I (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions (Gallipoli, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Sinai, Palestine, Arabia, etc.))
1916
Appointment to the House of Peers (Fumimaro Konoe, Age: 24 years old, Period: 1916, Location: Tokyo, Japan)
1919
Participation in the Paris Peace Conference (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1919, Location: Paris, France)
1933
Appointment as President of the House of Peers (Fumimaro Konoe, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1933–1937, Location: Tokyo, Japan)
1936
February 26 Incident (Age: 44 years old, Period: February 26–29, 1936, Location: Tokyo, Mainly Around Nagata-cho and Kasumigaseki)
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1937–1945, Location: Various regions in China, especially North China, Central China, and South China)
Formation of the First Konoe Cabinet (Age: 45 years old, Period: June 4, 1937–January 5, 1939, Location: Tokyo, Japan)
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Age: 45 years old, Period: July 7, 1937, Location: Around Wanping Fortress and Marco Polo Bridge, Hebei Province, China (Present-day Fengtai District, Beijing))
Nanjing Massacre (Age: 46 years old, Period: December 1937–Early 1938, Location: Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China)
1938
Statement Declaring "No Dealing with the National Government" (Age: 46 years old, Period: January 16, 1938, Location: Tokyo, Japan)
Statement on the New Order in East Asia (Age: 47 years old, Period: November 3, 1938, Location: Tokyo, Japan)
1939
World War II (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Europe, North Africa, Asia-Pacific, etc. (no combat occurred within Turkey))
1940
Formation of the Second Konoe Cabinet and Establishment of the Taisei Yokusankai (Age: 48 years old, Period: July 22, 1940–July 18, 1941, Location: Tokyo, Japan)
Conclusion of the Tripartite Pact (Age: 48 years old, Period: September 27, 1940, Location: Berlin, Germany)
1941
Formation of the Third Konoe Cabinet and Japan-US Negotiations (Age: 49 years old, Period: July 18, 1941–October 18, 1941, Location: United States)
1945
Konoe Memorial to the Emperor (Age: 53 years old, Period: February 14, 1945, Location: Tokyo, Imperial Court, Japan)
Submission of the Konoe Memorial (Age: 53 years old, Period: February 14, 1945, Location: Tokyo, Imperial Court, Japan)
Death of Fumimaro Konoe (Age: 54 years old, Period: December 16, 1945)
Designation as A-Class War Criminal Suspect and Suicide (Age: 54 years old, Period: December 16, 1945, Location: Self-residence Ogikuboso, Ogikubo, Tokyo)

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