In 1885, that is, in the eighteenth year of Japan's Meiji era, Ito Hirobumi abolished the Taizheng official system, implemented the cabinet system, and became the first prime minister (prime minister) in Japanese history, and now the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, has served 101 in 139 years, with an average reign of 1.37 years, of which the longest tenure so far is Shinzo Abe, who has been in power for a total of 3208 days, but the Japanese prime minister is also a high-risk profession, 8 of them have been assassinated, this article will learn about it with you.
1. Hirofumi Ito
Hirobumi Ito was a veteran of Japan's Meiji Restoration, serving as Japan's 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th prime ministers. He is also a Japanese prime minister who has caused great harm to the mainland in modern times.
Hirofumi Ito
During Ito's tenure, he launched the Sino-Japanese War, which wiped out almost all of the Oshimizu Division, known as the first naval division in East Asia, and forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan. After Japan's victory in the Battle of the Sea of Japan (Battle of the Tsushima Strait) in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Ito Hirobumi was appointed as the first Korean Governor-General, who was in charge of Korean diplomacy, commanded the activities of Japanese officials in Korea, and formulated and promulgated the "Decree of the Unified Governor's Office", making Ito Hirobumi the "Emperor" of Korea. Ito also elevated Japan to the status of the number one power in East Asia.
In 1909, Ito Hirobumi went to Northeast China to negotiate with Russian Finance Minister Kokotsov to divide the Far East sphere of influence, and when he was reviewing the honor guard at the Harbin Railway Station, he was shot several times by the Korean patriot Ahn Chong-geun and died on the spot at the age of 68.
2. Kei Hara
Hara was the 19th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from September 29, 1918 to November 4, 1921. In December 1884, after the "Kashin Incident" in Seoul, North Korea, Hara Kei followed Foreign Minister Inoue Shin to Korea for negotiations, which was deeply appreciated by Inoue Shin, and was immediately appointed secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and began to enter the political arena.
Kei Hara
In the years that followed, Hara served as secretary to Mutsu Munemitsu, minister of agriculture and commerce, minister of mail in the Ito cabinet, minister of the Saionji cabinet, and minister of the Yamamoto cabinet, and became the 19th prime minister of Japan in 1918, and he was also the first prime minister from a civilian background. He was deeply loved by the Japanese people during his tenure, and in 1921, when Hara was planning to go to Kansai to attend the activities of the Political Friendship Association, he was assassinated by the right-winger Nakaoka Genichi in front of Tokyo Station, Japan, and died on the spot
3. Takahashi is clear
Takahashi was the 20th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from November 13, 1921 to June 12, 1922. As a young man, he worked as an English teacher, director of the Trademark Registration Office, manager of the head office of the Yokohama Shojin Bank, and in 1899, at the age of 45, Takahashi became vice president of the Bank of Japan. Later, he became the governor of the Bank of Japan, during which time he held several public bond raisings. In November 1921, after the assassination of Prime Minister Hara Kei, Takahashi took over as prime minister on the recommendation of Saionji Konobo and others, becoming the 20th prime minister of Japan. However, he only served as prime minister for half a year. However, he served as the Tibetan minister eight times and presided over the state finance for 12 years. In 1936, when he was Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Keisuke Okada, he was hated by the Japanese Army for opposing the increase in fiscal spending for the expansion of the army, and was assassinated by soldiers mutiny in the army at the age of 82 after the 226 incident.
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4. Yuyuki Kakuguchi
Yukiki Hamaguchi was Japan's 27th Prime Minister, serving from July 2, 1929 to April 14, 1931. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University, he served as Director General of the Monopoly Bureau, Vice-Minister of Mail in the Katsura Taro Cabinet, and Member of the House of Representatives. In 1924, he joined the cabinet as Minister of Tibetan Affairs in the cabinet of Takaaki Kato, and in 1926, he served as Minister of the Cabinet of Reijiro Wakatsuki.
Yuyuki Kakuguchi
In 1929, Hamaguchi Yuyuki succeeded Yoshiichi Tanaka, who resigned from the emperor for his improper handling of the Kwantung Army's bombing of Zhang Zuolin, as prime minister, and forcibly implemented the gold standard and reduced military spending by 100 million during his tenure. In November 1930, Hamaguchi Yuyuki was shot and wounded by Japanese right-winger Ruo Sagoya at Tokyo Station in Japan, and was seriously injured and hospitalized. In August of the following year, he died of a bacterial infection caused by a gunshot wound at the age of 61.
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Inukai was the 29th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from December 13, 1931 to May 16, 1932. Inu Yangyi entered politics in 1882 and supported Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities and purchased arms for him. After the Wuchang Uprising, in order to achieve his political goals, he came to China twice to try to prevent the North and the South from negotiating peace.
Inuto Yi
In 1931, after Japan launched the "September 18" incident to invade and occupy Northeast China, he succeeded Wakatsuki to organize a cabinet and became the prime minister of Japan, and continued to implement the policy of aggression against China for the purpose of safeguarding Japan's rights and interests in China, trying to lure the Nanjing Nationalist Government and Chiang Kai-shek to compromise with Japan. In 1932, he was shot dead at the age of 77 in the "May 15" terrorist incident perpetrated by the fascist Young Zhuang faction in the Japanese military circles.
6, Minoru Saito
Minoru Saito was the 30th Prime Minister of Japan, serving from May 26, 1932 to July 8, 1934. Born in the Japanese Navy, he served in the Navy for a long time and was promoted to Admiral in 1912. After Inuyoji was assassinated, Saionji and Prime Minister's acting Takahashi Isaki, Minister of the Interior Nobuaki Makino, Marshal Heihachiro Togo, and former prime ministers negotiated one by one, and finally decided that Minoru Saito would be prime minister.
Minoru Saito
During Saito's tenure, Japan officially recognized "Manchukuo" and signed the "Japan-Manchukuo Protocol." In 1934, he resigned on the grounds of corruption in the stock trading of artificial silk in the empire, and in 1936, he was considered a conservative force by the radicals, and was killed in the February 26 incident at the age of 78.
7, Nobusuke Kishi
Nobusuke Kishi is the 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan, a Japanese right-wing politician, and one of the Class A war criminals of the War of Aggression against China. Kishi Nobusuke was a fanatical believer in the theory that "Manchuria was the lifeblood of Japan" and strongly advocated that Manchuria should be supported as a special economic zone of Japan. He is also an active advocate of the invasion of China.
In 1936, after Kishi Nobusuke went to the northeast of the mainland to take up the post of deputy director of the puppet Manchukuo Ministry of Industry, he penetrated the tentacles of aggression into all aspects of economic production and social life, looted the Chinese people, plundered wealth, amassed money, and continuously delivered it to all battlefields of the Japanese invasion of China. After Hideki Tojo came to power in 1941, Nobusuke Kishi was fully responsible for ruling the economy during the war, directing the production of munitions and the deployment of war materials, and became Hideki Tojo's right-hand man.
Nobusuke Kishi
After Japan's surrender, he was convicted as a Class A war criminal and imprisoned in Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. In 1948, he was released the day after Hideki Tojo and seven other Class-A war criminals were executed. In 1957, he became the 56th prime minister of Japan and was re-elected as the 57th prime minister. In 1960, Kishi Nobusuke forcibly revised the Japan-US security treaty in disregard of the strong opposition of the domestic people, and declared that Taiwan was included in the scope of application of the treaty in the "Far East" region, seriously interfering in China's internal affairs and violating territorial sovereignty. He was assassinated in July 1960, but he was the only prime minister in Japanese history to be assassinated but not killed. He was only wounded, but did not die, and then lived for more than 20 years before he died.
8, Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe is the 90th, 96th, 97th, and 98th prime minister of Japan, the first to be born after World War II, the youngest and longest-serving prime minister in the postwar period. On July 8, 2022, Shinzo Abe was shot by Toru Yamagami while giving a speech on the street in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan, and died at the age of 67 after several hours of resuscitation.
Shinzo Abe
Of Japan's eight prime ministers, seven were assassinated while in office or after leaving office, and only Nobusuke Kishi lived for more than 20 years after the assassination.