Korechika Anami
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Job / Known for: General in the Imperial Japanese Army
Left traces: Resisted the surrender of Japan
Born
Date: 1887-02-21
Location: JP Taketa, Ōita, Empire of Japan
Died
Date: 1945-08-15 (aged 58)
Resting place: JP
Death Cause: Committed seppuku to avoid capture
Family
Spouse: Shigeko Anami
Children: Takako Anami and Ikuko Anami
Parent(s): Korekata Anami and Kiyoko Anami
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阿南 惟幾

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I—with my death—humbly apologize to the Emperor for the great crime.
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Korechika Anami was born in Taketa city in Ōita Prefecture, where his father was a senior bureaucrat in the Home Ministry. He grew up in Tokyo and in Tokushima Prefecture. He attended the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry in December 1906. In November 1918, he graduated from the 30th class of the Army Staff College with the rank of captain. He was assigned to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from April 1919 and was promoted to major in February 1922. From August 1923 to May 1925, he was assigned to the staff of the Sakhalin Expeditionary Army, which was responsible for the occupation of northern Sakhalin island during the Japanese intervention in Siberia. Anami was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1925. From August to December 1925, Anami was sent as a military attaché to France. On his return to Japan, he was assigned to the 45th Infantry Regiment, and became unit commander in August 1928. From August 1929 to August 1930, Anami served as Aide-de-camp to Emperor Hirohito. He was then promoted to colonel. From August 1933 to August 1934, Anami served as regimental commander of the 2nd Guard Regiment of the Imperial Guards. He was subsequently Commandant of the Tokyo Military Preparatory School, and promoted to major general in March 1935. With the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Anami was given a combat command, as commanding officer of the 109th Division in China from November 1938. He was recalled to Japan in October 1939 to assume the role of Vice-Minister of War in the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. Anami belonged to the clique which supported the rise of Hideki Tojo to power in October 1941. However, in April 1941, Anami returned to China as Commander in Chief of the 11th Army, covering ongoing operations in central China. In September 1943, Anami was appointed to the Supreme War Council. In March 1944, he was transferred to the Southern Expeditionary Army Group and assigned to defend the Philippines. In April 1945, he became War Minister in the cabinet of Kantarō Suzuki. Anami was a staunch supporter of the imperial institution and opposed to any peace negotiations that would compromise Japan's sovereignty. He was one of the main advocates of the Ketsu Go strategy, which called for a decisive battle on the Japanese mainland against the expected Allied invasion. He also resisted the idea of accepting the Potsdam Declaration, which demanded Japan's unconditional surrender. He argued that Japan should fight on until the Allies agreed to respect the imperial system and Japan's basic rights. He was one of the six members of the Big Six, the supreme decision-making body of the Japanese government, who voted against the Emperor's wish to end the war on 9 August 1945. He also participated in a failed coup attempt by junior officers who tried to prevent the Emperor's surrender broadcast on 14 August 1945. The coup was foiled by loyalist forces, and Anami committed seppuku (ritual suicide) in his office on the same night. He left a note that said: "I—with my death—humbly apologize to the Emperor for the great crime." He was posthumously promoted to the rank of general. He was also awarded the Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) and the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.
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