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	Kuniaki Koiso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kuniaki Koiso (小磯国昭 Koiso Kuniaki, March 22, 1880–November 3, 1950) was the 41st Prime Minister of Japan from July 22, 1944 to April 7, 1945.
		Koiso was born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1880.
		Koiso was Governor-General of Korea from 1942 to 1944, where he gained the nickname "The Tiger of Korea" for his harsh administration.
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		Kuniaki Koiso (小磯国昭 Koiso Kuniaki, March 22 1880–November 3 1950) was the 41st (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of Japan) Prime Minister of Japan from July 22 1944 to April 7 1945.
		Koiso’s career took off rapidly in the (The decade from 1920 to 1929) 1920s and (The decade from 1930 to 1939) 1930s, when he held a variety of prominent military and governmental positions.
		Koiso was (Click link for more info and facts about Governor-General of Korea) Governor-General of Korea from 1942 to 1944, where he gained the nickname “The Tiger of Korea” for his harsh administration.
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		Koiso ialah Gubernur-Jendral Korea antara 1942 sampai 1944, di mana ia mendapat nama julukan “Macan Korea” untuk kekasaran administrasinya.
		Buat saat itu, Koiso dianggap menciptakan perdamaian dengan Sekutu, namun ia tak bisa menemukan solusi yang akan menenteramkan militer Jepang atau Amerika.
		Meninggalkan dengan pilihan sedikit namun untuk melanjutkan usaha perang, akhirnya Koiso mencoba memperpanjang kekuasaannya pada ketentaraan dengan mencoba mengambil kedudukan Menteri Perang, namun gagal sebab ia terdapat pada daftar jenderal yang tak aktif.
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		Koiso Kuniaki (小磯国昭 March 22, 1880 –; November 3, 1950) was the 41st PrimeMinister of Japan from July 22, 1944 –; April 7, 1945.
		In 1944, with the downfall of Hideki Tojo’s government, Koiso was chosen to serveas the new Prime Minister of Japan despite strong competition from senior army officials.
		Left with little choice but tocontinue the war effort, Koiso eventually tried to extend his power over the army by attempting to assume the position of WarMinister, but failed to do so because he was on the list of inactive generals.
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		Kuniaki Koiso (Koiso Kuniaki de marcha 22 la 1880-November 3 1950) era el 41.o primer ministro de Japón del de julio 22 de 1944 al de abril 7 de 1945.
		Koiso era Gobernador-General de Corea a partir de 1942 a 1944, donde él ganó el apodo "el tigre de Corea" para su administración áspera.
		Koiso murió en 1950 mientras que servía su oración.
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		Kuniaki Koiso[kOOnEA´kE koi´sO] Pronunciation Key, 1880–1950, Japanese general.
		He was chief of staff of the Kwantung army, commander in chief in Korea, and governor-general of Korea before he replaced Tojo as prime minister in July, 1944.
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		After his resignation he attempted to commit suicide, he lived, but only to be found guilty of war crimes by the Allies and was hanged.
		Appointed Prime Minister after the fall of Tojo in 1944, Koiso was almost a token Prime Minister as he was not party to any military decisions.
		He was one of the Japanese leaders who were in favour of peace, and it was he who finally asked Emperor Hirohito to decide on the surrender of Japan.
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		Kuniaki Koiso (小磯国昭 Koiso Kuniaki, March 22, 1880–;
		Koiso’s career took off rapidly in the 1920s and
		Allies, but he could not find a solution that would appease either the Japanese military or the Americans.
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	Koiso Kuniaki -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Koiso graduated from the Army Academy in 1900 at the top of his class, attended the Army War College, and served on active duty during the Russo-Japanese War.
		When the fall of Saipan in July 1944 brought U.S. bombers within range of Tokyo, the Tojo cabinet was replaced by that of Koiso Kuniaki.
		Koiso formed a supreme war-direction council designed to link the cabinet and the high command.
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		Although the peacemakers were well represented in the KOISO government, the cabinet 's decision was taken to continue and renew the war effort hoping for an improved position from which to seek a compromise peace.
		Thus so nicely balanced were the ruling factions and cliques that their interrelation conditioned the expression of policy as well as its formation, and accounts in part at least for the unusual time-lapse between the top civilian political decision to accept defeat and the final capitulation.
		Although many among the peacemakers had long favored a stronger man than KOISO, KIDO at least was convinced that so long as Germany remained in the war Japan would be in danger of a military coup in the event firm and positive steps were taken immediately to end the war.
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		Retired to first reserve list, July 1938; Minister of Overseas Affairs, April 1939; released from post, August 1939; Minister of Overseas Affairs, January 1940; released from post, July 1940; Governor-General of Korea, May 1942; Prime Minister, July 1944; Commander-in-Chief, Volunteer Corps, April 1945; resigned as Premier, April 1945.
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		He later became commander of the 5th division and chief of staff of the Kantogun, the military operation in China.
		From 1935 to 1938, Koiso, as commander in chief, directed military operations in Korea.
		After the fall of the Tojo cabinet in 1944, he was appointed prime minister to carry on the war effort.
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	The 14 Class-A War Criminals Enshrined at Yasukuni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The four who were sentenced to life imprisonment and eventually died of natural causes: Yoshijiro Umezu, Kuniaki Koiso, Kiichiro Hiranuma and Toshio Shiratori.
		Kuniaki Koiso was born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1880 and graduated from the Japanese War College in 1910.
		Some of the positions he held include vice minister of war, chief of staff of the Kwantung army, commander in chief in Korea and minister for overseas affairs.
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		Koiso, Kuniaki (1880-1950), Japanese militarist who acted as his nation’s prime minister during the final months of World War II (1939-1945).
		The year 1944 was not an encouraging one for Japan's war lords or for the Japanese people.
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	Articles - Imperial Way Faction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The highest placed were the secretary general and supreme party leader(first Sadao Araki, later Hideki Tojo and Koiso Kuniaki) and their leading group or "directorate" (political cabinet).
		The final party chiefs and Prime Ministers were Koiso Kuniaki and Kantaro Suzuki, in 1944-45.
		The former was from the fall of Saipan in summer 1944, and the latter from the Japanese defeat in the Battle of Okinawa.
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		Three (Koiso, Shiratori, and Umezu) died in prison, while the other thirteen were paroled in 1955:
		Colonel Hashimoto Kingoro, major instigator of the second Sino-Japanese War
		General Koiso Kuniaki, governor of Korea, later prime minister
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	Army Air Forces in World War II
		The U.S. conquest of the southern Marianas shook Japanese political and military rulers, who correctly reasoned that the Americans would bomb Japan from the captured islands.
		In July 1944, a retired general, Kuniaki Koiso, replaced Gen. Hideki Tojo as premier, primarily because of the successful American invasion.
		He realized Japan’s vulnerability to air attack from the Marianas, but was far from concluding that the war was lost.
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		Kuniaki Koiso (1880-1950), Japanese militarist who acted as Prime Minister of Japan during the final months of World War II.
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		Koiso Kuniaki (小磯国昭 March 22, 1880 – November 3, 1950) was the 41st Prime Minister of Japan from July 22, 1944 – April 7, 1945.
		During World War II, Koiso served as Governor-General of Korea, where he gained the nickname “The Tiger of Korea” for his harsh administration.
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	Biografía - Kuniaki Koiso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		De profesión militar, Koiso en aquel momento se encontraba en la reserva.
		Su experiencia anterior en el servicio de inteligencia le había privado de adquirir mayores conocimientos relacionados con el combate.
		Tras el desembarco del ejército estadounidense en Okinawa, Koiso solicitó al ejército nipón su reorganización, pero tuvo que asumir la negativa de la cúpula militar.
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	Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki April 5 in History
		Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki April 5 in History
		Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
		He has half the deed done who has made a beginning - Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotations
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	tojo - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Book by Toshikazu Kase; Yale University Press, 1950
		...minister, in the latter period of the Tojo cabinet and throughout the succeeding Koiso...included officers like Generals Koiso, Tojo, and Suzuki.
		It desired to extend the...inclined to believe that the Toseiha or Tojo faction had taken advantage of the uprising...
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	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- The Men around the Emperor -- Jul. 23, 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		Premier Kantaro Suzuki held another emergency meeting with his Cabinet, conferred with Japan's elder statesmen, ex-Premiers Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, Admiral Keisuke Okada, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, Koki Hirota, Generals Hideki Tojo and Kuniaki Koiso.
		He called on the Emperor Hirohito, bowed reverentially, and reported, according to Radio Tokyo, on a "general jurisdictional matter."The Premier and his ministers now held only shadow authority.
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