Keisuke Okada
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-->Keisuke Okada (岡田 啓介 Okada Keisuke January 20 1868–October 17 1952) was a Japanese politician and the 31st Prime Minister of Japan from July 8 1934 to March 9 1936.
He was born in Fukui Prefecture; he was in fervent opposition to militarists and he harboured open dictatorial intentions. He was one of the democratic and moderate voices against the totalitarian grouping of Minobe Tatsu Kichi, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Gichi Tanaka, Osachi Hamaguchi, Wakatsuki Reijiro and Renzo Sawada before the 2-26 Incident. Later in 1940 his role as a democratic leader was taken by Takao Saito who was in direct opposition to the dictatorial intentions of the Prime Minister at the time, Fumimaro Konoye, a loyal civil militarists partner.
During such incidents, one band of Japanese Army officers stormed the Kantei (the prime minister's residence) and attempted to kill Prime Minister Keisuke, Admiral Suzuki Kantaro, and Prince Saionji Kimmochi. Most of the city was effectively under rebel control for some time.
After some initial success, the coup started to unravel as the Emperor, General Hideki Tojo and surprisingly General Honjo (once a known supporter of Sadao Araki, one of the conspirators) acted against the rebels.
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