Kōichi Kido
| Kōichi Kido | |
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| 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan | |
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In office 1940–1945 |
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| Monarch | Emperor Showa |
| Preceded by | Yuasa Kurahei |
| Succeeded by | Fujita Hisanori |
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| Born |
July 18, 1889 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | April 6, 1977 (aged 87) Tokyo, Japan |
| Resting place | Tama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Relations | Kido Takayoshi (grandfather) |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
Kōichi Kido (木戸 幸一 Kido Kōichi?, July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Showa throughout World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment of which he served 6 years before being released in 1953.
Kido was born in Akasaka, Tokyo, and was the grand-nephew of Kido Takayoshi, one of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration. After graduating from the Gakushuin Peer’s School in Tokyo, he went to the law school of Kyoto University, where Marxist economist Hajime Kawakami was one of his professors. After graduation in 1915, he held numerous minor bureaucratic posts in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, followed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Together with Shinji Yoshino and Nobusuke Kishi, he was one of the architects of the Strategic Industries Control Act on 1931, which set the stage for state control of numerous industries during the increasing militarization of Japan in the 1930s. Kido became chief secretary of the Home Ministry in 1930.
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