Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1891)

Fumimaro Konoe

Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939; 1940–1941)

Prince Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941. He presided over the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and breakdown in relations with the United States, which shortly after his tenure culminated in…