Mitsumasa Yonai
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Mitsumasa Yonai was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who briefly served as Prime Minister of Japan on the eve of World War II and later opposed Japan’s entry into the conflict.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mitsumasa Yonai canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prime Minister of Japan
ⓘ
admiral ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| child | Yonai Ken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
Russo-Japanese War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1880-03-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1948-04-20 ⓘ |
| education | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Shōwa period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| graduationClassRank | top of his class ⓘ |
| honor |
Order of the Golden Kite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading a moderate, anti-war faction in the Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
opposition to Japan’s entry into World War II ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Admiral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Emperor Shōwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mitsumasa Yonai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 米内 光政 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navyMinisterEnd |
1939-08-30
ⓘ
1940-09-05 ⓘ |
| navyMinisterStart | 1937-02-02 ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
forced to resign as prime minister under pressure from the Army and pro-Axis factions
ⓘ
resisted formation of a military alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ⓘ |
| occupation |
naval officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Morioka, Iwate, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | moderate ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of the Navy of Japan
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ member of the House of Peers ⓘ |
| postwarStatus | not prosecuted as a war criminal ⓘ |
| predecessorAsPrimeMinister | Nobuyuki Abe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterEnd | 1940-07-22 ⓘ |
| primeMinisterStart | 1940-01-16 ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWorldWarII |
advocated for avoiding war with the United States and the United Kingdom
ⓘ
served again as Navy Minister in the final months of World War II ⓘ supported acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration ⓘ |
| spouse | Yonai Taka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsPrimeMinister | Fumimaro Konoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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