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Osami Nagano | |
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永野 修身 | |
![]() Osami Nagano (c.1943-45) | |
Minister of the Navy Empire of Japan | |
In office 9 March 1936 – 2 February 1937 | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Prime Minister | Kōki Hirota |
Preceded by | Ōsumi Mineo |
Succeeded by | Yonai Mitsumasa |
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff | |
In office 9 April 1941 – 21 February 1944 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu |
Succeeded by | Shimada Shigetarō |
Personal details | |
Born | Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan | June 15, 1880
Died | January 5, 1947[1] Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Occupied Japan | (aged 66)
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Years of service | 1900–1947 |
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Battles/wars | Russo-Japanese War World War I World War II |
Osami Nagano (永野 修身, Nagano Osami, June 15, 1880 – January 5, 1947) was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War. In April 1941, he became Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. In this capacity, he served as the navy's commander-in-chief in the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II until his removal in February 1944. After the war, he was arrested by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East but died of natural causes in prison during the trial.