Shigeo Ōdachi
| Shigeo Ōdachi | |
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| Born |
January 5, 1892 Hamada, Shimane, Japan |
| Died | September 25, 1955 (aged 63) Tokyo, Japan |
| Cause of death | stomach cancer |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Tokyo Imperial University |
| Occupation | Bureaucrat, Politician, Cabinet Minister |
Shigeo Ōdachi (大達茂雄 Ōdachi Shigeo?, 5 January 1892 – 25 September 1955) was a bureaucrat, politician and cabinet minister in both early Shōwa period Japan and in the post-war era.
Ōdachi was born in what is now Hamada, Shimane, as the younger son of a local sake brewer. After his graduation in 1916 from the law school of Tokyo Imperial University, he entered the Home Ministry. He rose to the post of Deputy Manager of the Local Affairs Bureau, and was appointed governor of Fukui Prefecture in 1932.
In 1934, Ōdachi was appointed Secretary of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Management and Coordination Agency of Manchukuo. He assisted Naoki Hoshino is developing the first Five-Year Plan for Manchukuo, which had a strong emphasis on the development of heavy industry. He returned to Japan in 1939, and served as a bureaucrat in the Home Ministry during the administrations of Nobuyuki Abe and Mitsumasa Yonai.
Following the start of World War II, in 1942 Ōdachi was appointed civilian mayor of "Syonan" (Singapore) under Japanese occupation. During this period, he was critical of the heavy-handed military administration by the Imperial Japanese Army and its actions against the Chinese population, as well as civilian opportunists who sought to make quick profits under the occupation. His criticism of General Wataru Watanabe, the military administrator of Singapore led to Watanabe’s reassignment in 1943.
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