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Fumitaka Konoe was born on 3 April, 1915 in Kyoto, Japan, is an An imperial japanese army officer. Discover Fumitaka Konoe's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

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Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 3 April 1915
Birthday 3 April
Birthplace Kyoto, Japan
Date of death 29 October, 1956
Died Place Ivanovo Oblast, Soviet Union
Nationality Japan

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1938

He returned to Japan in 1938 to become his father's executive secretary.

1939

The following year, in 1939, he became a lecturer at Toa Doubunin University (The Tung Wen College) in Shanghai concurrently becoming became a student director (salary: ¥ 117.60 per month, overseas allowance: ¥ 54.40 per month).

With the diplomatic situation in China between the Kuomintang government and the Imperial Japanese Army becoming increasing strained, Konoe felt the need for direct negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek to avoid open warfare.

He cultivated an association with the daughter of an important government official who guided him to Chongqing; this private diplomacy was discovered by the Kempeitai, and he was then recalled to Japan because this was seen by the cabinet as a problem.

The woman he had made an acquaintance with was a Chinese spy - there is also a theory that he was ordered to return home for fear that he would leak confidential information to Zheng Pingru.

After his return to Japan, Konoe created a youth political organization called the Shonen Doshi-kai (青年同志会) to continue to insist on direct negotiations to prevent war in China.

1940

His actions were regarded as a problem by military authorities, in February 1940 he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army.

Due to his family connections, he was fast track promoted to First Lieutenant and was assigned to a Manchukuo-based artillery regiment.

1944

In the midst of the Pacific War, he was married in Harbin in 1944 to Empress Teimei's niece, Masako Otani.

1945

On August 19, 1945, four days after the official end of the war, he was arrested by a Soviet GRU Smersh unit and taken as a prisoner to the Soviet Union.

He was moved through 15 different detention camps in Siberia over the next ten years.

During his detention, he refused to use his rank as an officer as a shield against labor, and abuse.

1955

In 1955, during Japanese-Soviet diplomatic normalization negotiations, Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama made a formal request for his release, and presented a petition signed by hundreds of thousands of people from Japan; however, the Soviet Union refused.

1956

In 1956 it was reported that he had died in NKVD special camp No. 48 Ivanovo Oblast, Lezhnevsky district, Cherntsy village.

The cause of death is thought to be cerebral hemorrhage due to arteriosclerosis and acute nephritis, but there is also a theory he was poisoned by the Soviet secret services.

1958

His remains were returned to Japan in 1958 due to the efforts of his wife Masako.

1991

On October 18, 1991, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Soviet Law on Restoring the Honor of Victims of Political Repression he was formally acquitted of wrongdoing, and on February 27, 1992, this ruling was reconfirmed by the Russian Federation's Military Police High Public Prosecutor, with a certificate to this effect issued on October 16, 1997, by the Russian Federation's Military Police High Public Prosecutor.

At the time of his death, he had no legitimate child, his wife Masako adopted Fumimaro's step-grandson Moriteru Hosokawa.

who then became head of the family.

The Konoe family was one of the go-sekke (five houses) families, starting with Motozane Konoe, the son of Tadashi Fujiwara.

2013

Fumitaka Konoe (近衛 文隆) was the eldest son and heir of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and the 13th-generation descendant of Emperor Go-Yōzei.

He served as first lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, and died in detention in the Soviet Union.

Fumitaka Konoe was born in Kyoto as the eldest son of Fumimaro Konoe and his wife Chiyoko, (from a branch of the Mōri clan).

The Konoe were members of the kazoku nobility and the lain was part of the Fujiwara northern house, the leading go-sekke (five houses) lineage.

After graduating from Gakushūin junior high school, Fumitaka Konoe was sent to the United States to study as a diplomat.

He graduated from Lawrenceville School and studied at Princeton University.

He actively participated as an amateur golfer during his stay in America and worked as the manager of a golf club.