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Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1878)
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Kōki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. Originally his name was Jōtarō (丈太郎). He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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