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	Yoshijiro Umezu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 1920s Umezu was a member of the Tosei-Ha (Control Group) led by General Kazushige Ugaki along with Gen Sugiyama, Koiso Kuniaki, Tetsuzan Nagata and Hideki Tojo.
		Along with War Minister Korechika Anami and Soemu Toyoda, Chief of Staff of the Navy, Umezu opposed surrender in August of 1945; he believed that the military should fight on, forcing the Allies to sustain heavy losses in a ground invasion of Japan, and that only this way could Japan negotiate for better peace terms.
		After the war he was tried as a war criminal along with other senior Japanese officials (see International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and sentenced to life imprisonment on November 12, 1948.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yoshijiro_Umezu (202 words)

	A Time to Heal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For Shigemitsu, his role in the ceremony was painful, but he knew it marked a new beginning; from this "day of national mortification," Japan could start "onward toward the goal...
		Behind Shigemitsu came his polar opposite, the Japanese Army's Chief of Staff, Yoshijiro Umezu, who represented the Imperial General Headquarters.
		Umezu was one of the die-hards--advocates of national hara-kiri.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/us_history_1929_1945/117894 (432 words)

	Blue Shirts Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They argued that it was violation of Tanggu Accord signed between China and Japan which was to keep status quo of Northern China.
		Under the name of Yoshijiro Umezu (梅津美治郎),who was commander of Japanese troops in Northern China at that time, Japanese spy agency under the direction of Kenji Doihara (土肥原贤二) provided Investigation on BSS as appendix of a memo sent to He Yingqing, who was commander of Northern Chinese troops at that time.
		According to this accord, all force having relation with BSS inclusive of military police, regular force such as 2nd Division and 25th Division should evacuated from Beijing and out of Hebei province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Shirts_Society (5117 words)

	Mamoru Shigemitsu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Japanese Instrument of Surrender (1945) at the end of World War II
		He, along with Yoshijiro Umezu, signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, 1945.
		He was later convicted of war crimes, and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mamoru_Shigemitsu (152 words)

	USUSC MS195:
		Initially the Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonai, wanted Toyoda appointed the Navy Chief of Staff because of the influence he might have over Yoshijiro Umezu, the Army Chief of Staff, in the decision to end the war.
		Toyoda joined Umezu in his protestations against the Potsdam Proclamation of 26 July 1945, which demanded the demobilization of the Japanese armed forces, the allied occupation of Japan, and the trial of Japanese war criminals.
		During the conference both Toyoda and Umezu are said to have voiced their concerns, particularly regarding the subordinate position the Emperor would play under the terms of surrender.
	library.usu.edu /Specol/manuscript/collms195.html (798 words)

	.: All American Patriots :. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Aboard the USS Missouri, this instrument of surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu.
		On September 2, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender, prepared by the War Department and approved by President Harry S. Truman.
		That morning, on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed their names on the Instrument of Surrender.
	www.allamericanpatriots.com /m-wfsection+print+articleid-373.html (536 words)

	\japanese_surrender.htm
		Countersigned: Yoshijiro Umezu Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army
		YOSHIJIRO UMEZU By Command and in behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
		Accepted at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 0903 I on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945, for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at war with Japan.
	a2z4u.net /1/japanese_surrender.htm (2136 words)

	TIME.com: Truce was a Truce -- Sep. 25, 1939 -- Page 1
		Command of the Kwantung Army, the able if imaginative force which since May 11 had been making the barren plains of Manchukuo a bramble of practically uncountable wrecked Russian planes, was given to one of the Army's best diplomats, Lieut.
		General Yoshijiro Umezu, already Japanese Ambassador to Manchukuo.
		Sure enough, next day, Commander-Ambassador Umezu sang a pretty overture: the "present deplorable situation" on the Manchukuo-Mongolia border, he said, was merely the result of the Russians not wanting to negotiate a definite boundary line, which Japan had always wanted to do.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,761968,00.html (593 words)

	HyperWar: IMTFE [Annex A-6]
		The Defendants ARAKI, DOHIHARA, HASHIMOTO, HIRANUMA, ITAGAKI, KOISO, MINAMI, OKAWA, SHIGEMITSU, TOJO and UMEZU, on or about the 18th September, 1931, initiated a war of aggression and a war in violation of international law, treaties, agreements and assurances, against the Republic of China.
		The Defendants ARAKI, DOHIHARA, HASHIMOTO, HATA, HIRANUMA, HIROTA, HOSHINA, ITAGAKI, KAYA, KIDO, MATSUI, MUTO, SUZUKI, TOJO and UMEZU, on or about the 7th July, 1931, initiated a war of aggression and a war in violation of international law, treaties, agreements and assurances, against the Republic of China.
		The Defendants ARAKI, DOHIHARA, HATA, HIRANUMA, ITAGAKI, KIDO, KOISO, MATSUI, MATSUOKA, MUTO, SUZUKI, TOGO, TOJO and UMEZU, during the summer of 1939, initiated a war of aggression and a war in violation of international law, treaties, agreements and assurances, by attacking the territory of the Mongolian People's Republic in the area of the Kalkhin-Gol River.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/PTO/IMTFE/IMTFE-A6.html (3509 words)

	BATTLESHIP MISSOURI TO DOCK IN HONOLULU - PERMANENTLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Missouri's teak decks were where, on Sept. 2, 1945, MacArthur and Japanese Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed papers ending the war in the Pacific.
		A portion of the teak is now on exhibit at the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, where the ship once docked.
		MacArthur and Japanese Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed papers to end
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960822/08220409.htm (450 words)

	Find in a Library: [Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu and Japanese delegation on board the U.S.S. Missouri ...
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		[Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu and Japanese delegation on board the U.S.S. Missouri during World War II surrender ceremony]
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/08a59879aa1d12aca19afeb4da09e526.html (91 words)

	The Japanese Surrender Documents - Wwii:Translation of Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's credentials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		We do hereby authorise Yoshijiro Umezu, Zyosanmi, FirstClass of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun to attach hissignature by command and in behalf of Ourselves and Our
		Government unto the Instrument of Surrender which is requiredby the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be signed.
		Government and by Yoshijiro Umezu by command of and in behalfof the Japanese Imperial Headquaters and
	www.10money.com /library/jap_surr.htm (2090 words)

	Please think on this ODD BALL posting a moment. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		signed, followed two minutes later by General Umezu.
		So General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff, signs the
		Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, on
	www.apfn.net /Messageboard/11-21-02/discussion.cgi.25.shtml (709 words)

	The Avalon Project : General Umezu's Credentials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		To all who these Presents shall come, Greeting!
		We do hereby authorise Yoshijiro Umezu, Zyosanmi, First Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun to attach his signature by command and in behalf of Ourselves and Our Government unto the Instrument of Surrender which is required by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be signed.
		In witness whereof, We have hereunto set Our signature and caused the Great Seal of the Empire to be affixed.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/wwii/j8.htm (143 words)

	Akira Muto: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 14 Class-A War Criminals Enshrined at Yasukuni
		They are Kenji Doihara, Hirota Koki, Seishiro Itagaki, Heitaro Kimura, Iwane Matsui, Akira Muto, Hideki Tojo, Sadao Araki, Kingoro Hashimoto, Shunroku Hata, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Naoki Hoshino, Okinori Kaya, Koichi Kido, Kuniaki Koiso, Jiro Minami, Takasumi Oka, Hiroshi Oshima, Kenryo Sato, Shigetaro Shimada, Toshio Shiratori, Teiichi Suzuki, Yoshijiro Umezu, Mamoru Shigemitsu and Hideki Togo.
		Akira Muto graduated from the Japanese Military Academy in 1912 and from the Japanese War College in 1920.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Muto_Akira_536837357.htm (367 words)

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