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February 26 Incident

Index February 26 Incident

The was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936. [1]

103 relations: Aide-de-camp, Akira Mutō, Anime, Army War College (Japan), Asahi Shimbun, Asaichi Isobe, Azabu-Jūban, Board of Chamberlains, Coup d'état, Empire of Japan, Finance minister, Fumimaro Konoe, Futon, Genrō, Government by assassination, Governor-General of Korea, Guanyin, Gunbatsu, Hachirō Arita, Hajime Sugiyama, Herbert P. Bix, Hideo Gosha, Hirohito, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, Hisaichi Terauchi, Hokushin-ron, Ii Naosuke, Ikki Kita, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Army Academy, Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office, Imperial Way Faction, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Japanese Korean Army, Jōtarō Watanabe, Jinzaburō Masaki, Jirō Minami, Kanji Ishiwara, Kantarō Suzuki, Kazushige Ugaki, Kōhei Kashii, Kōichi Kido, Kōjimachi, Keisuke Okada, Kokutai, Kuniaki Koiso, Kwantung Army, London Naval Treaty, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, ..., Makino Nobuaki, March Incident, May 15 Incident, Meiji period, Meiji Restoration, Meiji Shrine, Military Academy incident, Ministry of the Army, Motoo Furushō, Nanshin-ron, Night Raid 1931, Nobuyuki Abe, October incident, Ogikubo, Tokyo, Patriotism (film), Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister's Official Residence (Japan), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Ryokan (inn), Sadao Araki, Saionji Kinmochi, Saitō Makoto, Sakuradamon Incident (1860), Samurai, Shōwa Restoration, Shigeru Honjō, Shigeru Yoshida, Shirō Nonaka, Shishi (organization), Sort (typesetting), Tadashi Katakura, Takahashi Korekiyo, Takaji Muranaka, Tōseiha, Tetsuzan Nagata, Tokubetsu-keibi-tai (Metropolitan Police Department), Tokyo, Tokyo Imperial Palace, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Toyohashi, Triumvirate, Yasuhide Kurihara, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Yasukuni Shrine, Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Yotsuya, Yugawara, Yukio Mishima, Zaibatsu, 1st Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 1st Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy). Expand index (53 more) »

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally helper in the military camp) is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state.

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Akira Mutō

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Army War College (Japan)

The; Short form: of the Empire of Japan was founded in 1882 in Minato, Tokyo to modernize and Westernize the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Asahi Shimbun

The is one of the five national newspapers in Japan.

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Asaichi Isobe

was a Japanese former Imperial Japanese Army officer who was one of the leaders of the February 26th Incident, a coup d'etat attempt by young officers of the Imperial Way Faction.

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Azabu-Jūban

is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Board of Chamberlains

The Board of Chamberlains (侍従職 Jijū-shoku) is a department of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.

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Empire of Japan

The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

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Finance minister

A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.

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Fumimaro Konoe

Prince was a Japanese politician in the Empire of Japan who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association.

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Futon

A is the Japanese traditional style of bedding.

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Genrō

was an unofficial designation given to certain retired elder Japanese statesmen, considered the "founding fathers" of modern Japan, who served as informal extraconstitutional advisors to the emperor, during the Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa periods in Japanese history.

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Government by assassination

Government by assassination has been used to describe the political situation in the Empire of Japan in the 1930s.

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Governor-General of Korea

The post of Governor-General of Korea served as the chief administrator of Korea while it was held as Chōsen (Korea) from 1910 to 1945.

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Guanyin

Guanyin or Guan Yin is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion and venerated by Mahayana Buddhists and followers of Chinese folk religions, also known as the "Goddess of Mercy" in English.

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Gunbatsu

is a Japanese language term having two separate meanings.

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Hachirō Arita

was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan) for three terms.

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Hajime Sugiyama

was a Japanese field marshal who served as successively as chief of the Army General Staff, and minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II between 1937 and 1944.

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Herbert P. Bix

Herbert P. Bix (born 1938) is an American historian.

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Hideo Gosha

was a Japanese film director.

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Hirohito

was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989.

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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (2000) is a book by Herbert P. Bix covering the reign of Emperor Hirohito of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989.

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Hisaichi Terauchi

Count was a Gensui (or Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and Commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II.

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Hokushin-ron

The was a pre-World War II political doctrine of the Empire of Japan which stated that Manchuria and Siberia were Japan's sphere of interest and that the potential value to Japan for economic and territorial expansion in those areas was greater than elsewhere.

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Ii Naosuke

was daimyō of Hikone (1850–1860) and also Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858, until his death on March 24, 1860.

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Ikki Kita

was a Japanese author, intellectual and political philosopher who was active in early-Shōwa period Japan.

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Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

The is a hotel in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Imperial Japanese Army Academy

The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office

The, also called the Army General Staff, was one of the two principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Imperial Way Faction

The was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army, active in the 1920s and 1930s and largely supported by junior officers aiming to establish a military government that promoted totalitarian, militarist, and expansionist ideals.

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Inukai Tsuyoshi

was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Prime Minister of Japan from 13 December 1931 to 15 May 1932.

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Japanese Korean Army

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army that formed a garrison force in Korea under Japanese rule.

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Jōtarō Watanabe

was a general in the early Shōwa period Imperial Japanese Army, noted as one of the victims of the February 26 Incident.

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Jinzaburō Masaki

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

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Jirō Minami

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942.

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Kanji Ishiwara

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

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Kantarō Suzuki

Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April to 17 August 1945.

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Kazushige Ugaki

was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea.

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Kōhei Kashii

(January 25, 1881 – December 3, 1954) was a lieutenant-general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Kōichi Kido

(July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Showa throughout World War II.

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Kōjimachi

is a neighborhood in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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Keisuke Okada

was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and the 31st Prime Minister of Japan from 8 July 1934 to 9 March 1936.

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Kokutai

is a concept in the Japanese language translatable as "system of government", "sovereignty", "national identity, essence and character", "national polity; body politic; national entity; basis for the Emperor's sovereignty; Japanese constitution".

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Kuniaki Koiso

was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea and 28th Prime Minister of Japan from July 22, 1944, to April 7, 1945.

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Kwantung Army

The Kwantung Army was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the first half of the 20th century.

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London Naval Treaty

The Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, commonly known as the London Naval Treaty, was an agreement between the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed on 22 April 1930, which regulated submarine warfare and limited naval shipbuilding.

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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

The was an administrative post not of Cabinet rank in the government of the Empire of Japan, responsible for keeping the Privy Seal of Japan and State Seal of Japan.

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Makino Nobuaki

Count was a Japanese statesman, active from the Meiji period through the Pacific War.

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March Incident

The was an abortive coup d'état attempt in Japan, in March 1931, launched by the radical Sakurakai secret society within the Imperial Japanese Army, aided by civilian ultranationalist groups.

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May 15 Incident

The was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan, on May 15, 1932, launched by reactionary elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy, aided by cadets in the Imperial Japanese Army and civilian remnants of the ultra nationalist League of Blood.

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Meiji period

The, also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Meiji Restoration

The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Meiji Shrine

, located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken.

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Military Academy incident

The, also known as the was an attempted coup d'état that took place in Japan in November 1934.

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Ministry of the Army

The, also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

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Motoo Furushō

was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army and commander of the Japanese Twenty-First Army in 1938 during the Canton Operation.

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Nanshin-ron

The was a political doctrine in the Empire of Japan which stated that Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands were Japan's sphere of interest and that the potential value to the Japanese Empire for economic and territorial expansion in those areas was greater than elsewhere.

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Night Raid 1931

, is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex and directed by Atsushi Matsumoto.

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Nobuyuki Abe

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and 36th Prime Minister of Japan from 30 August 1939 to 16 January 1940.

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October incident

The, also known as the, was an abortive coup d'état attempt in Japan on 21 October 1931, launched by the Sakurakai secret society within the Imperial Japanese Army, aided by civilian ultranationalist groups.

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Ogikubo, Tokyo

Ogikubo (荻窪) is a suburban, residential area of Tokyo in Suginami ward, approximately 8 km west of Shinjuku.

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Patriotism (film)

is a 1966 Japanese short film directed by Yukio Mishima.

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Prime Minister of Japan

The is the head of government of Japan.

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Prime Minister's Official Residence (Japan)

The or (首相官邸 Shushō Kantei) is the principal workplace and residence of the Prime Minister of Japan.

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Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu

was a scion of the Japanese imperial family and was a career naval officer who served as chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1932 to 1941.

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Prince Kan'in Kotohito

was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940.

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Ryokan (inn)

A is a type of traditional Japanese inn that has existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period, in which the oldest hotel in the world, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, was created in 705 A.D. Another old ryokan called Hōshi Ryokan was founded in 718 A.D and was also known as the world's second oldest hotel.

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Sadao Araki

Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.

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Saionji Kinmochi

Prince was a Japanese politician, statesman and twice Prime Minister of Japan.

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Saitō Makoto

Viscount was a Japanese naval officer and politician.

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Sakuradamon Incident (1860)

The was the assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke (1815–1860) on 24 March 1860 by rōnin samurai of the Mito Domain, outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Shōwa Restoration

The Shōwa Restoration (昭和維新 shōwaishin) was promoted by Japanese author Kita Ikki, with the goal of restoring power to the newly enthroned Japanese Emperor Hirohito and abolishing the liberal Taishō democracy.

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Shigeru Honjō

General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early period of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Shigeru Yoshida

, KCVO (22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954, becoming one of the longest serving PMs in Japanese history as the second-longest serving Prime Minister of Post-occupation Japan.

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Shirō Nonaka

was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a central conspirator in the February 26 Incident in 1936.

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Shishi (organization)

, sometimes known as, were a group of Japanese political activists of the late Edo period.

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Sort (typesetting)

In typesetting by hand compositing, a sort or type is a piece of type representing a particular letter or symbol, cast from a matrix mold and assembled with other sorts bearing additional letters into lines of type to make up a form from which a page is printed.

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Tadashi Katakura

was a Japanese general who fought in World War II.

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Takahashi Korekiyo

Viscount was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Peers, as the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from 13 November 1921 to 12 June 1922, and as the head of the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance.

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Takaji Muranaka

was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a conspirator in the February 26 Incident in 1936 and was subsequently arrested by the Japanese authorities for the attempted coup.

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Tōseiha

, was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and the 1930s.

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Tetsuzan Nagata

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, famous as the victim of the Aizawa Incident of 1935.

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Tokubetsu-keibi-tai (Metropolitan Police Department)

The was a rapid reaction force of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) in the pre-World War II era.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tokyo Imperial Palace

The is the primary residence of the Emperor of Japan.

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Tomoyuki Yamashita

was an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II.

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Toyohashi

is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Triumvirate

A triumvirate (triumvirātus) is a political regime ruled or dominated by three powerful individuals known as triumvirs (triumviri).

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Yasuhide Kurihara

was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a conspirator in the February 26 Incident in 1936.

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Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu

, also known as Prince Yasuhito, was the second son of Emperor Taishō, a younger brother of the Emperor Hirohito and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Yasukuni Shrine

The Imperial Shrine of Yasukuni, informally known as the, is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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Yoshitsugu Tatekawa

was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

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Yoshiyuki Kawashima

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Army Minister in the 1930s.

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Yotsuya

is a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Yugawara

is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Yukio Mishima

is the pen name of, a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, film director, founder of the Tatenokai, and nationalist.

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Zaibatsu

is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period until the end of World War II.

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1st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army.

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1st Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

The was the main battleship fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_26_Incident

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