Count Kiyoura Keigo was a Japanese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1924, during the period which historians have called the "Taishō Democracy".
Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
Ichirō Hatoyama was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956. During his tenure he oversaw the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and restored official relations with the Soviet Union.
Kazushige Ugaki was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and cabinet minister before World War II, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea. Nicknamed Ugaki Issei, he served as Foreign Minister of Japan in the Konoe cabinet in 1938.
The Universal Manhood Suffrage Law was a law passed in Taishō period Japan, extending suffrage to all males aged 25 and over in accordance with the principle of universal manhood suffrage, also known as "one man, one vote". Proposed by the Kenseitō political party, the law was enacted thanks to activism by the Universal Suffrage Movement in Japan and decades of organizing by the Universal Suffrage League. It was passed by the Diet of Japan on 29 March, 1925, before being promulgated on 5 May of the same year.
The Toranomon incident was an assassination attempt on Regent Hirohito of Japan on 27 December 1923 by Japanese communist Daisuke Nanba.
Murakami Kakuichi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and served as Navy Minister in the early 1920s.
Count Enkichi Ōki was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period.
Takejirō Tokonami was a Japanese statesman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokonami was involved in several government agencies throughout his career, and served in the leadership of different political parties. He was regarded by his contemporaries as a rather opportunistic politician eager for an opportunity to become prime minister.
Keishirō Matsui was a Japanese statesman and diplomat.
Natsumi Kiyoura is a Japanese actress and singer from Chiba. She is represented by the talent agency Oscar Promotion. Her music records have been released under Flying Dog.
Viscount Toshisada Maeda was a Japanese politician who was Minister of Communications and Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the pre-war Empire of Japan.
Ijūin Hikokichi was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs and Japanese ambassador to the Qing dynasty.
Suzuki Kisaburō was a statesman, politician, judge, prosecutor, educator and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.
Jōji Matsumoto was a legal scholar, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. He is also the author of the “Matsumoto Draft”, a proposal for revision of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan in the immediate post-war period.
Harumichi Tanabe was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan.
Baron Yoshirō Fujimura was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. He was a director of the Mitsui zaibatsu during the 1920s.
The Seiyūhontō was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1924 to 1927.
Events in the year 1924 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 13 (大正13年) in the Japanese calendar.
Ichita Kobashi was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as the Minister of Education in 1929 and as the 16th mayor of Tokyo from 1937 to 1939.
