Minoru Genda | |
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 Genda as IJN Captain (1940s) | |
| Born | August 16, 1904 Kake, Yamagata District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | August 15, 1989 (aged 84) Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan |
| Allegiance |  Empire of Japan Japan (1954-1962) |
| Service |  Imperial Japanese Navy Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
| Years of service | 1924–1945 (IJN) 1954–1962 (JASDF) |
| Rank |  Captain (IJN) .svg){kind=small} General (JASDF) |
| Commands | Imperial Navy General Staff, Senior Air Officer Zuikaku, Staff officer 1st Air Fleet, Commander, 343rd Kōkūtai, Chief of Staff, JASDF |
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| Awards | US Legion of Merit degree of Commander (1962) Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class (1974) Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class (1981) |
| Member of House of Councillors of Japan | |
| In office 1962–1986 | |
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| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
General Minoru Genda (源田 実, Genda Minoru, 16 August 1904 – 15 August 1989) was a Imperial Japanese Navy flight officer, JASDF general and politician. He is best known for helping to plan the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the war he became the third Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.