Kōki Hirota

Toronto Daily Star, April 1 1936

Kōki Hirota (1876-1948) was premier of Japan from 1936 to 1937. After the Second World War, he was executed by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. He was the only civilian to receive this punishment.

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