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'''Senjuro Hayashi''' (1876-1943) was an [[Imperial Japanese Army General]], who was briefly [[Prime Minister of Japan]] in 1937, serving simultaneously as Minister of Education. | '''Senjuro Hayashi''' (1876-1943) was an [[Imperial Japanese Army General]], who was briefly [[Prime Minister of Japan]] in 1937, serving simultaneously as Minister of Education. | ||
He had been Minister of War in the [[Makoto Saito| | He had been Minister of War in the [[Makoto Saito|Saito cabinet]], but Hayasgu resigned over scandal regarding "his younger brother Yukichi who had been adopted as a child by the family of Shirakami and taken that name. The General felt that he was still responsible for his brother's acts, whatever his name, and Yukichi, as Deputy Mayor of Tokyo, had been convicted of accepting a bribe to permit Tokyo Gas Co. to increase its capitalization....Meanwhile a faction of young army officers was rumored busy building up Hayashi's resignation into a reason why Premier Saito's entire cabinet should resign. When Hayashi got wind of that, his temper changed. [[Prince Kanin]] spoke, against the resignation. With great relief Hayashi withdrew his resignation. "<ref>{{citation | ||
| journal = Time | | journal = Time | ||
| url = http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,747367,00.html | | url = http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,747367,00.html | ||
| date = 23 April 1934 | | date = 23 April 1934 | ||
| title = JAPAN: Big Brother Hayashi}}</ref> | | title = JAPAN: Big Brother Hayashi}}</ref> | ||
Prince Kanin sent him, as Minister of War, to ask for the resignation of [[Tetsuzan Nagata]] for involvement in the [[March 1935 Incident]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 07:12, 13 September 2010
Senjuro Hayashi (1876-1943) was an Imperial Japanese Army General, who was briefly Prime Minister of Japan in 1937, serving simultaneously as Minister of Education.
He had been Minister of War in the Saito cabinet, but Hayasgu resigned over scandal regarding "his younger brother Yukichi who had been adopted as a child by the family of Shirakami and taken that name. The General felt that he was still responsible for his brother's acts, whatever his name, and Yukichi, as Deputy Mayor of Tokyo, had been convicted of accepting a bribe to permit Tokyo Gas Co. to increase its capitalization....Meanwhile a faction of young army officers was rumored busy building up Hayashi's resignation into a reason why Premier Saito's entire cabinet should resign. When Hayashi got wind of that, his temper changed. Prince Kanin spoke, against the resignation. With great relief Hayashi withdrew his resignation. "[1]
Prince Kanin sent him, as Minister of War, to ask for the resignation of Tetsuzan Nagata for involvement in the March 1935 Incident.
References
- ↑ "JAPAN: Big Brother Hayashi", Time, 23 April 1934