Okada Keisuke (岡田 啓介, Okada Keisuke, 20 January 1868 – 7 October 1952) was a Japanese admiral and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936.
Born to a samurai family in the Fukui Domain, Okada became an officer Imperial Japanese Navy and served during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. After reaching the rank of Admiral, he served as minister of the navy under Prime Minister Giichi Tanaka from 1927 to 1929 and under Prime Minister Makoto Saito from 1932 to 1933.
Okada was appointed prime minister to succeed Saito in 1934. A moderate who attempted to restrain the rise of militarism, Okada was among those targeted by a group of rebel officers in the February 26 incident of 1936. Okada narrowly survived, but resigned in the aftermath of the incident.
As a senior statesman during the Pacific War, Okada was a central figure in efforts to oust Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and seek peace with the allies.
OkadaKeisuke (岡田 啓介, OkadaKeisuke, 20 January 1868 – 7 October 1952) was a Japanese admiral and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from...
government center of Tokyo, they failed to assassinate Prime Minister KeisukeOkada or secure control of the Imperial Palace. Their supporters in the army...
wrestler Kazuo Okada (岡田 和生, born 1942), Japanese businessman and billionaire, the biggest project of whom is Okada Manilla (see below) KeisukeOkada (岡田 啓介,...
(along with Keisuke Terasaki) and Super Mario Land and contributed to many other titles. Okada retired from Nintendo in January 2012. "Okada on the Game...
The Okada Cabinet (岡田内閣, Okada naikaku) is the 31st Cabinet of Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister KeisukeOkada from July 8, 1934, to March...
Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida. Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real...
(小川 啓介, born 1986), Japanese footballer Keisuke Ogihara (荻原 イルマリ 恵介, born 1975), Japanese musician KeisukeOkada (岡田 啓介, 1868–1952), Japanese admiral, politician...
be acceptable to the rebels, especially by replacing Prime Minister KeisukeOkada with Kōki Hirota. The Prince's pro-Imperial Way Faction political sentiments...
Kagawa, Yuto Nagatomo, Keisuke Honda, Shinji Okazaki and many others. In 2009, Japan qualified for the 2010 World Cup. Okada gained worldwide attention...
Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023. 第31代 岡田 啓介 [31st OkadaKeisuke] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Route C1 (Shuto Expressway). KeisukeOkada (17 March 2012). "Push to replace Tokyo's aging expressways with tunnel...
appointing a prime minister, and as long as former prime minister Admiral KeisukeOkada was opposed to Tojo, it would be impolitic for the Emperor to appoint...
(December 7). 1933: Japan leaves the League of Nations (March 27). 1934: KeisukeOkada becomes prime minister (July 8). Japan withdraws from the Washington...
Shidehara Wakatsuki Reijirō Inukai Tsuyoshi Takahashi Korekiyo Saitō Makoto KeisukeOkada Frank Murphy (as Governor-General of the Philippines; later High Commissioner...
Eiji Okada (岡田 英次, Okada Eiji, 13 June 1920 – 14 September 1995) was a Japanese film actor from Chōshi, Chiba. Okada served in the Imperial Japanese Army...
(昭和11年) in the Japanese calendar. Emperor: Hirohito Prime Minister: KeisukeOkada, until March 9 Kōki Hirota, from March 9 February 5 – Japanese Baseball...
1 year, 251 days 1 1 Liberal Democratic 1998 Resigned due to illness 32 KeisukeOkada 1 year, 246 days 1 1 Military (Navy) 1934 Resigned 33 Katō Takaaki 1 year...
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