Kōki Hirota
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Japanese prime minister, diplomat, and war criminal (1878-1948)
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Top works
- Challenges in Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Mongolia
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: How much is left, and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation
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- Exact Solution of the Korteweg—de Vries Equation for Multiple Collisions of Solitons
· 1971 · cited 2,702x
- The Direct Method in Soliton Theory
· 2004 · cited 2,298x
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Quotes
- “If you want to maintain the superiority of your state at the present time, you must quickly enter into a coalition with Germany and Italy and thus restrain Europe and create a firm foundation for imperial policy in the Far East.”
- “As you can see, I'm in good health. I have no message; just tell them, please, that I went to my death quietly and in good health.”
- “I am having a very difficult time. Things happen unexpectedly.”
- “Japan cannot remain indifferent to anyone's taking action, under any pretext, which is prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order in st Asia for which she, if only in view of her geographic position, has the most vital concern.”
- “Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic development of which the investment of foreign capital is very desirable.”
- “We have successfully built up our national strength and prestige, accepting and adding to our civilization the art and science of the West. Now, I believe, the time has come for us to carry our art and culture to other countries.”
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Hirohito
- Preceded by
- Keisuke Okada
- Succeeded by
- Senjūrō Hayashi
- Prime minister
- Fumimaro Konoe
- Born
- ( 1878-02-14 ) 14 February 1878, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka , Japan
- Died
- 23 December 1948 (1948-12-23) (aged 70), Sugamo Prison , Tokyo, Japan
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Shizuko Hirota ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1905 ; died 1946 )
- Alma mater
- Tokyo Imperial University
- Criminal status
- Executed by hanging
- Convictions
- Crimes against peace , War crimes
- Trial
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East
- Criminal penalty
- Death
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- Kohki Hirota suit.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1878-02-14
- date of death
- 1948-12-23
- name in native language
- 広田弘毅
- name in kana
- ひろた こうき
- birth name
- 廣田 弘毅
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Kōki Hirota (廣田 弘毅, Hirota Kōki; 14 February 1878 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.
Born in Fukuoka, Hirota attended the Tokyo Imperial University and graduated with a law degree. Afterwards he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became a career diplomat, serving as minister to the Netherlands and ambassador to the Soviet Union, among other posts. In 1933, Hirota became foreign minister in the cabinet of Saitō Makoto, and retained the position when Keisuke Okada was appointed prime minister.