241:
216:
509:, Suzuki asserted that the outcome of a war would depend a quantitative analysis of Japan's economic and military power and that the American economic embargo caused Japan to have a supply less than three years of oil and other critical resources. Unless new resources could be secured, the Japanese industry would collapse, and the military would lose its capability of taking action, which would result in the loss of the Empire. Continuing to serve in the Hideki Tojo administration, he strongly pushed for the creation of the
196:
633:
612:
603:
621:
591:
25:
133:
456:. Suzuki was assigned command of the IJA 14th Infantry regiment in December 1936. Although he had been a bureaucrat and administrator, his entire career with little experience as a field commander and no combat experience caused the command of a field unit to be necessary for his further promotion.
419:
From 1934 to 1935, Suzuki served as an instructor at the Army Staff
College and was assigned to the Cabinet Research Bureau from 1935 to 1936. He meanwhile co-authored a pamphlet outlining his theory for a "national defense state" to prepare for
881:
451:
as it became apparent that the coup would not succeed. Although that earned him a spot close to Hideki Tojo, it also gained him the reputation as an "opportunist," which was resented by many in the Army, including his former classmate
886:
240:
901:
906:
560:
in
September 1955 after the end of the American occupation and was pardoned by the Japanese government in 1958. He was requested to serve as an advisor by several industrialists, and was asked by
564:
to run for the post-war Diet of Japan, but Suzuki refused all offers to return to public life. However, he continued to be consulted on a private basis by conservative politicians, including
856:
851:
549:
876:
377:
In 1927, Suzuki started to become increasingly involved in internal political factions within the Army. In 1929, he joined the Isseki-kai, a clique that included
911:
412:
prime minister. He then began to advocate a more aggressive policy in
Manchuria and was one of the most vocal advocates for Japan's withdrawal from the
495:
Although retired from the military, Suzuki continued to serve as a
Minister of State as Chair of the Cabinet Planning Board under the second and third
331:
and upon the recommendations of his uncle, began a military career instead. He graduated from the 22nd class in 1910 and from the 29th class of the
463:
from
November 1937 to April 1938, but he remained in Tokyo with the Cabinet Research Bureau. From April 1936, he was nominal Chief-of-Staff of the
871:
861:
541:
460:
355:
714:
575:
of heart failure on July 15, 1989, at 100 years old. He was the last surviving defendant of the main Tokyo/Nuremberg trials, outliving
764:
679:
108:
354:
from
November 1920 to February 1922. As he was fluent in both English and Chinese, he was assigned to the China Bureau within the
42:
891:
698:
656:
328:
89:
46:
362:
from August 1925 to
December 1925 and to various locations in China from December 1926 to May 1927. he accompanied General
61:
510:
632:
611:
602:
480:
68:
335:
in 1917. After his commission, he studied economics for a year and was briefly assigned to the
Ministry of Finance.
866:
35:
896:
324:
75:
476:
332:
624:
620:
594:
590:
57:
521:
289:
285:
221:
544:
and was charged with Class A war crimes in
December 1945 for his advocation of war at the October 1941
846:
841:
436:
339:
390:
537:
484:
464:
453:
317:
281:
244:
316:
based on stories told by his uncle, who was a colonel in the
Imperial Japanese Army during the
808:
785:
760:
694:
675:
652:
553:
413:
405:
756:
748:
572:
347:
309:
182:
165:
82:
718:; Fabricated logistics data supplied by Cabinet member helped military railroad government
459:
He became a major general in November 1937 and was assigned nominally to the staff of the
429:
409:
378:
363:
201:
487:
in August 1940 but retired from military service in April 1941 and entered the reserves.
668:
561:
496:
401:
394:
386:
479:. Suzuki returned to Tokyo in December as Head of the Political Affairs Bureau of the
835:
749:
557:
525:
367:
254:
441:
576:
565:
506:
501:
382:
293:
24:
807:. Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. p. 95.
517:
447:
445:
faction which supported the attempted coup; however, he switched sides to the
520:
instead, and Suzuki resigned as Minister of State and became a member of the
472:
421:
313:
132:
468:
351:
882:
People convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
812:
789:
425:
371:
359:
343:
751:
Planning for Empire: Reform Bureaucrats and the Japanese Wartime State
312:, Suzuki had aspired to participate in the forestry development of
887:
Japanese people convicted of the international crime of aggression
649:(陸海軍将官人事総覧 (陸軍篇)) Army and Navy General Personnel Directory (Army)
297:
552:
for "planning to wage a war of aggression", he was sentenced to
327:'s Faculty of Agriculture but passed the examinations for the
18:
439:
in 1936, Suzuki was initially regarded as a member of the
902:
Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class
691:(日本陸海軍総合事典) Japanese Army and Navy General Encyclopedia
513:, of which he expected to become the cabinet minister.
907:
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
400:After his return, he was a participant in the 1931
250:
235:
227:
207:
189:
172:
152:
142:
123:
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
667:
342:, he was dispatched from April to October 1920 to
550:International Military Tribunal for the Far East
428:theories on the state control of industries and
857:Imperial Japanese Army generals of World War II
579:, who had committed suicide two years earlier.
416:. He was promoted to colonel in December 1933.
273:
267:
516:However, Tojo selected the career bureaucrat
8:
716:Papers that pushed for Pacific War revisited
393:. He was sent as a military attache to the
16:Japanese politician, war criminal 1888-1989
288:, a minister of state, and member of the
278:, December 16, 1888 – July 15, 1989)
131:
120:
805:Strategy and Command: The First Two Years
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
852:Military personnel from Chiba Prefecture
742:
740:
738:
636:Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class
782:Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict
734:
615:Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class
606:Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class
505:immediately prior to the start of then
366:on a meeting with the Chinese warlord
877:Members of the House of Peers (Japan)
755:. Cornell University Press. pp.
499:administrations. In the October 1941
7:
356:Imperial Japanese Army General Staff
47:adding citations to reliable sources
475:, far from the combat zones in the
670:Encyclopedia of Military Biography
14:
912:People paroled from life sentence
825:『官報』第4086号「叙任及辞令」October 19, 1940
308:The eldest son of a landowner in
631:
619:
610:
601:
589:
239:
214:
194:
23:
542:American occupation authorities
397:from February to October 1929.
34:needs additional citations for
872:World War II political leaders
556:in 1948. He was released from
329:Imperial Japanese Army Academy
1:
693:. Tokyo: St. Martin's Press.
540:, Suzuki was arrested by the
511:Ministry of Greater East Asia
784:. McGraw Hill. p. 105.
780:Hoyt, Edwin Palmer (1986).
674:. I B Tauris & Co Ltd.
571:Suzuki died at his home in
481:East Asia Development Board
274:
928:
862:Japanese military attachés
724:(Accessed 14 August 2013)
666:Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992).
647:Fukagawa, Hideki (1981).
408:intended to make General
325:Tokyo Imperial University
268:
146:
130:
491:Wartime political career
477:Second Sino-Japanese War
625:Order of the Rising Sun
595:Order of the Rising Sun
424:, based on utopian and
292:. A close associate of
803:Morton, Louis (1966).
747:Mimura, Janis (2011).
689:Hata, Ikuhiko (2005).
548:. Found guilty at the
286:Imperial Japanese Army
222:Imperial Japanese Army
892:Japanese centenarians
651:. Tokyo: Fuyo Shobo.
483:. He was promoted to
228:Years of service
437:February 26 incident
340:Nikolayevsk incident
300:'s wartime economy.
296:, he helped to plan
43:improve this article
467:, which was then a
538:surrender of Japan
485:lieutenant general
454:Tomoyuki Yamashita
318:Russo-Japanese War
282:lieutenant general
245:Lieutenant General
867:Japanese generals
554:life imprisonment
528:in October 1943.
461:IJA 16th Division
414:League of Nations
346:. he served as a
260:
259:
163:December 16, 1888
119:
118:
111:
93:
919:
897:Men centenarians
826:
823:
817:
816:
800:
794:
793:
777:
771:
770:
754:
744:
704:
685:
673:
662:
635:
623:
614:
605:
593:
573:Shibayama, Chiba
391:Seishirō Itagaki
358:and was sent to
348:military attache
333:Army War College
310:Chiba Prefecture
279:
277:
271:
270:
243:
220:
218:
217:
209:
200:
198:
197:
183:Shibayama, Chiba
179:
166:Chiba Prefecture
162:
160:
135:
121:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
58:"Teiichi Suzuki"
51:
27:
19:
927:
926:
922:
921:
920:
918:
917:
916:
832:
831:
830:
829:
824:
820:
802:
801:
797:
779:
778:
774:
767:
746:
745:
736:
731:
711:
701:
688:
682:
665:
659:
646:
643:
585:
534:
493:
430:agrarian reform
410:Kazushige Ugaki
379:Tetsuzan Nagata
364:Yamanashi Hanzo
323:He applied for
306:
304:Military career
265:
215:
213:
202:Empire of Japan
195:
193:
181:
180:(aged 100)
177:
164:
158:
156:
148:
138:
126:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
925:
923:
915:
914:
909:
904:
899:
894:
889:
884:
879:
874:
869:
864:
859:
854:
849:
844:
834:
833:
828:
827:
818:
795:
772:
765:
733:
732:
730:
727:
726:
725:
710:
709:External links
707:
706:
705:
699:
686:
680:
663:
657:
642:
639:
638:
637:
628:
616:
607:
598:
584:
581:
562:Kishi Nobusuke
533:
530:
497:Fumimaro Konoe
492:
489:
404:, an abortive
402:March Incident
395:United Kingdom
387:Kanji Ishiwara
374:in June 1927.
305:
302:
290:House of Peers
275:Suzuki Teiichi
263:Teiichi Suzuki
258:
257:
252:
248:
247:
237:
233:
232:
229:
225:
224:
211:
205:
204:
191:
187:
186:
174:
170:
169:
154:
150:
149:
144:
140:
139:
137:Teiichi Suzuki
136:
128:
127:
125:Teiichi Suzuki
124:
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
924:
913:
910:
908:
905:
903:
900:
898:
895:
893:
890:
888:
885:
883:
880:
878:
875:
873:
870:
868:
865:
863:
860:
858:
855:
853:
850:
848:
845:
843:
840:
839:
837:
822:
819:
814:
810:
806:
799:
796:
791:
787:
783:
776:
773:
768:
766:9780801449260
762:
758:
753:
752:
743:
741:
739:
735:
728:
723:
719:
717:
713:
712:
708:
702:
696:
692:
687:
683:
681:1-85043-569-3
677:
672:
671:
664:
660:
654:
650:
645:
644:
640:
634:
629:
626:
622:
617:
613:
608:
604:
599:
596:
592:
587:
586:
582:
580:
578:
574:
569:
567:
563:
559:
558:Sugamo Prison
555:
551:
547:
543:
539:
531:
529:
527:
526:Diet of Japan
523:
519:
514:
512:
508:
504:
503:
498:
490:
488:
486:
482:
478:
474:
470:
466:
462:
457:
455:
450:
449:
444:
443:
438:
433:
431:
427:
423:
417:
415:
411:
407:
403:
398:
396:
392:
388:
384:
380:
375:
373:
369:
365:
361:
357:
353:
349:
345:
341:
336:
334:
330:
326:
321:
319:
315:
311:
303:
301:
299:
295:
291:
287:
283:
276:
264:
256:
253:
249:
246:
242:
238:
234:
230:
226:
223:
212:
206:
203:
192:
188:
184:
176:July 15, 1989
175:
171:
167:
155:
151:
145:
141:
134:
129:
122:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
821:
804:
798:
781:
775:
750:
721:
715:
690:
669:
648:
570:
545:
535:
515:
500:
494:
465:IJA 3rd Army
458:
446:
440:
434:
418:
399:
376:
368:Zhang Zuolin
337:
322:
307:
262:
261:
255:World War II
251:Battles/wars
178:(1989-07-15)
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
847:1989 deaths
842:1888 births
722:Japan Times
627:, 3rd class
597:, 5th class
583:Decorations
577:Rudolf Hess
566:Eisaku Sato
546:Gozen Kaigi
522:Upper House
507:Pacific War
502:Gozen Kaigi
435:During the
406:coup d'état
383:Hideki Tojo
294:Hideki Tojo
143:Native name
99:August 2024
836:Categories
813:B00KSKTD0K
790:B000RMTVJ2
700:4130301357
658:4829500026
641:References
536:After the
518:Kazuo Aoki
338:After the
190:Allegiance
159:1888-12-16
69:newspapers
729:Footnotes
473:Manchukuo
471:force in
422:total war
314:Manchuria
231:1910–1941
469:garrison
352:Shanghai
208:Service/
630:1940 –
618:1934 –
609:1934 –
600:1928 –
588:1920 –
532:Postwar
524:of the
448:Tōseiha
426:Marxist
372:Beijing
360:Beijing
344:Siberia
284:in the
185:, Japan
168:, Japan
83:scholar
811:
788:
763:
759:, 18.
697:
678:
655:
442:Kōdōha
280:was a
219:
210:branch
199:
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
298:Japan
269:鈴木 貞一
147:鈴木 貞一
90:JSTOR
76:books
809:ASIN
786:ASIN
761:ISBN
695:ISBN
676:ISBN
653:ISBN
389:and
236:Rank
173:Died
153:Born
62:news
370:in
350:to
45:by
838::
757:15
737:^
720:-
568:.
432:.
385:,
381:,
320:.
272:,
815:.
792:.
769:.
703:.
684:.
661:.
266:(
161:)
157:(
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.