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Mitsumasa Yonai (米内 光政, Yonai Mitsumasa, 2 March 1880 – 20 April 1948) was a Japanese navy officer and politician. He served as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, Minister of the Navy, and Prime Minister of Japan in 1940.
Mitsumasa Yonai was a Japanese admiral and prime minister who served in various naval and political roles during WW2. He was a moderate who opposed alliance with Germany and sought to preserve the emperor, but he resigned in 1940 due to army pressure.
This web page is part of a series of historical essays by the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) on the end of World War II. It covers the Japanese decision to surrender, the role of Emperor Hirohito, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Mitsumasa Yonai, 1880–1948, Japanese naval officer and political leader, b. Morioka. He attended the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (grad. 1901) and the Naval War College, served in the Russo-Japanese War, and was a naval attaché to Russia (1915–17 and Poland (1921–22).
Sep 2, 2020 · The news of the Soviet offensive sent the Supreme Council into urgent session, with Prime Minster Suzuki and Minster of Foreign Affairs Togo coming out in favor of opening a negotiating channel to the U.S. via Switzerland and Sweden, along with Navy Minister Yonai.
Described by American naval attachés as gracious but perceptive, Yonai was opposed both to a military solution to the border dispute with Russia at Changkufeng and to war with the United States. However, he also opposed continued adherence to the naval disarmament treaties.
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1946, [IMFTE] (IPS) Interrogations of Japanese Officials. Repository. University of Virginia Law Library. Download. Contributors: Mitsuma Yonai, Shinichi Kondo, Roy L. Morgan.
