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Korechika Anami (1887-1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the last Army Minister (Japan)|War Minister. While he personally did not want Japan to surrender, he was obedient to Hirohito |Emperor Hirohito's decisions, thwarting some last minute plots to continue resistance. He committed seppuku rather than hear the actual surrender proclamation.
Primarily a combat commander, he was Hirohito's aide between 1926 and 1933, and vice war minister between 1939-1940. Otherwise, his assignments included the109th Division, Eleventh Army, and Second Area Army, with his senior combat command during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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