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Baron Tanaka Giichi (田中 義一, 22 June 1864 – 29 September 1929) GBE KCMG was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, cabinet minister, and the Prime Minister of Japan from 1927 to 1929. Early life and military career.
5 days ago · Baron Tanaka Giichi was the prime minister (1927–29) and author of Japan’s aggressive policy toward China in the 1920s. Tanaka distinguished himself in the Russo-Japanese War and as a member of the Japanese army stationed in Manchuria in the early 1900s. Appointed minister of war in 1918, he was.
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Prime Minister of Japan 1927–9 A career soldier whose reputation within the military was established on the basis of his knowledge of Russia and the Russian military. A participant in the Russo‐Japanese War of 1904–5, Tanaka promoted reforms in army training and was a key figure in the foundation of the Military Reservists Association.
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Giichi Tanaka (gē-ē´chē tä´näkä), 1863–1929, Japanese statesman and general. He is famous as the alleged author of the so-called Tanaka Memorial (1927), purporting to set forth Japan's plans for foreign conquest.
Tanaka was created a baron in 1920, and he joined the Rikken Seiyukai (“Friends of Constitutional Government”), the dominant political party. In 1925 he was elected president of the party, and two years later he became prime minister.
Military officer, statesman. Born in Yamaguchi as the son of a samurai of the Hagi Clan. In 1892, he graduated from the Army War College. He served in the Sino-Japanese War. In 1898, he went to Russia to study. During the Russo-Japanese War, he was active as a staff officer of the Manchuria Army.
