World War, 1939-1945

Naoki Hoshino was a bureaucrat and politician who served in the Taisho and early Showa period Japanese government, and as an official in the Empire of Manchukuo. He was brought to trial at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East and found guilty. He was sentenced to a life in prison but was later released in 1958.

General Jiro Minami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army and politician. He was famous for having twice tried to stage a coup against the civilian government in the 1930s. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East.

Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu was a Japanese diplomat and politician in the Empire of Japan, who served as the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War II and later, as the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan.

Lieutenant General Kenryo Sato of the Japanese Imperial Army was tried at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan.

Koichi Kido served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to the Emperor throughout World War II.

Okinari Kaya was the former Finance Minister of Japan during World War II. He was tried as a war criminal at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan.

General Kenji Doihara was a general in the Japanese Imperial Army who was instrumental in the invasion of Manchuria during World War II. He was found guilty and sentenced to death at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East.

Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany before and during World War II. After World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as the 32nd Prime Minister of Japan from March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937. Following Japan's surrender, Hirota was arrested as a Class A war criminal and brought before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. He offered no defense and was found guilty and sentenced to death.