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    Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni (東久邇宮稔彦王, Higashikuni-no-miya Naruhiko Ō, 3 December 1887 – 20 January 1990) was a Japanese imperial prince, a career officer...
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    Shigeko Higashikuni, eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kōjun. Prince Morihiro was born on 6 May 1916, the first child of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni...
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    In 1941, she was formally engaged to Prince Morihiro Higashikuni, the eldest son of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (later served as Prime Minister in 1945)...
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    (Princess Yasu). She married Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni on 18 May 1915. Emperor Meiji granted Prince Naruhiko the title Higashikuni-no-miya and permission...
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    imperial family. Prince Yasuhiko was a half-brother of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, Prince Nashimoto Morimasa, Prince Kaya Kuninori, and Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi...
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    Abe, who served over eight years, and the shortest-serving was Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who served fifty-four days. The current prime minister is Shigeru...
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    the Allied occupation of Japan, he served in the cabinet of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni. After coming under suspicion of war crimes, Konoe committed...
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    The Higashikuni Cabinet is the 43rd Cabinet of Japan led by Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni from August 17 to October 9, 1945. The Allied occupation began...
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  • Nobuhiko Higashikuni (東久邇 信彦, Higashikuni Nobuhiko, 10 March 1945 – 20 March 2019) was a Japanese aristocrat and former Imperial prince. The first grandchild...
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    Higashifushimi-no-miya. Another cousin, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, lived to 102 but lost his imperial titles after World War II. "Prince Mikasa, Emperor Akihito's...
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    grandfather of Japan's first post-World War II Prime Minister Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, the great-grandfather of Empress Kōjun, and the great-great...
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    Originally named Prince Tada, his half-brothers included Prince Kaya Kuninori, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (served as prime minister in 1945), Prince Yasuhiko...
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    brother of Prince Tsunehisa Takeda and classmate of Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni and Prince Fumimaro Konoe (peer). Prince Naruhisa...
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    Ninth Son: Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko(東久邇宮稔彦王, 3 December 1887 – 20 January 1990) Wife (Nyōbō): Tsunoda Sugako (角田須賀子) Eighth Son: Prince Asaka Yasuhiko...
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    was also a half-brother of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prince Morimasa Nashimoto, Prince Kuninori Kaya, and Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, the father of the...
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    being nominated by the National Diet. The prime ministership of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who was prime minister for fifty-four days in 1945, was the...
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    The Higashikuni-no-miya house was formed by Prince Naruhiko, ninth son of Prince Kuni Asahiko. Prince Higashikuni Nobuhiko became simply Higashikuni Nobuhiko...
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    both banks of the Yangtze in the main assault on Wuhan, and Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni commanded four-and-a-half divisions of the Second Army along...
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    Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (younger brother of Hirohito), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, former prime minister Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (Princess...
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    Yonai remained Navy Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni and cabinet of Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara from August 1945...
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    eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa, married Prince Morihiro Higashikuni, the eldest son of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (later served as Prime Minister in 1945)...
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  • minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks. Katsura Tarō was the...
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    imperial succession debate), but he withdrew the bill after the birth of Prince Hisahito of Akishino the same year. The LDP once again lost power at the...
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    Battle of Saipan in July 1944, Prince Takamatsu joined his mother Empress Teimei, his uncles Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, former prime...
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    loss of face. On October 16, 1941, Konoe resigned and proposed Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who was also the choice of the army and navy, as his successor...
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    Viguier in Andorra (1977–1980) 1914 2017 102 years, 211 days 5 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Prime Minister of Japan (1945) 1887 1990 102 years, 48 days 6...
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    Konoe resigned. Hirohito refused the recommendation to appoint Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni in his place, choosing War Minister Hideki Tojo instead. On 3...
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    Hirohito (redirect from Prince Michi)
    commands. The army and the navy recommended the appointment of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, one of Hirohito's uncles, as prime minister. According to the...
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    Commander, General Defense Command July 1941 –Dec 1941 Succeeded by Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Preceded by Yoshijirō Umezu Commander, Kwantung Army July 1944...
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    crimes perpetrated there. Some members included: Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni Yoshio Shinozuka Yasuji Kaneko Tadayuki Furumi Shigeru...
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