Korechika Anami
| Korechika Anami | |
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Japanese General Anami Korechika as Minister of War
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| Native name | 阿南 惟幾 |
| Born |
February 21, 1887 Taketa, Ōita, Japan |
| Died | August 15, 1945 (aged 58) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1906–1945 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | 109th Division, Eleventh Army, Second Area Army |
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War, Pacific War |
| Other work | War Minister |
Korechika Anami (阿南 惟幾 Anami Korechika?, 21 February 1887 – 15 August 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was War Minister at the time of the surrender of Japan.
Anami was born in Taketa city in Ōita Prefecture, where his father was a senior bureaucrat in the Home Ministry and grew up in Tokyo and in Tokushima Prefecture. He attended the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry in December 1906.
In November 1918, Anami graduated from the 30th class of the Army Staff College with the rank of captain. He was assigned to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from April 1919 and was promoted to major in February 1922. From August 1923 to May 1925 he was assigned to the staff of the Sakhalin Expeditionary Army which was responsible for the occupation of northern Sakhalin island during the Japanese intervention in Siberia. Anami was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1925.
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