Takebe Rokuzo

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Explanation: Born 1893. From Nagasaki Prefecture. July 1918: Graduated from the Jurisprudence Department, College of Law, Tokyo Imperial University, and joined the Home Ministry. Prior to graduation, in October 1915 passed the Higher Civil Service Examination. October 1919: Councilor and also Chief, Agriculture and Forestry Section, Home Department, Nagasaki Prefecture. November 1921: Chief, Educational Affairs Section, Fukuoka Prefecture. August 1922: Appointed Commissioner, Home Ministry, and took up a post in the Ministry's Urban Planning Bureau. October 1923: Chief, General Affairs Section and also of Maintenance and Repairs Section, Construction Bureau, Imperial Capital Restoration Board. February 1924: Chief, General Affairs Section, Construction Department, Imperial Capital Recovery Bureau, Home Ministry. March 1928: Traveled to Rome to participate in the International Copyright Convention. Subsequently visited countries around Europe and South American. April 1929: Chief, Planning Section, Secretariat of the Recovery Bureau Director, Home Ministry. May 1929: Chief, Archives and Documents Section, Secretariat of the Recovery Bureau Director. April 1930: Chief, Archives and Documents Section, Recovery Bureau Secretariat. January 1931: Chief, Planning Section, Recovery Bureau Secretariat. April 1931: Chief, General Affairs Section, Recovery Bureau Secretariat. October 1931: Appointed Secretary, Home Ministry, and Secretary to the Home Minister. June 1932: Governor, Akita Prefecture. January 1936: Chief, Administrative Department, Kwantung Bureau. April 1936: Director-General, Kwantung Bureau. Through these two posts, he was involved with the relinquishing of Japan's extraterritorial rights in Manchūkuo. March 1938: Resiged as Director-General of the Kwantung Bureau and returned to Japan. After return to Japan, was involved with the founding of the North China Development and Central China Development companies. January 1939: Deputy Director, Cabinet Planning Board. January 1940: Resigned position at own request. July 1940: Appointed Secretary-General, State Council, Government of Manchūkuo. Held the post until the regime's collapse. September 1945: Arrested by the Soviet Army and interned in Siberia. July 1950: Transferred to the Fushun War Criminals Management Center. In July 1956, received a 20-year prison sentence from a special military tribunal convened by the Supreme People's Court, People's Republic of China. However, he was released on medical parole and returned to Japan later that month. January 1958: Passed away. Of direct related interest is Takebe Rokuzō nikki [The diaries of Takebe Rokuzō], eds. Taura Masanori, Furukawa Takahisa, and Takebe Ken'ichi (Fuyō Shobō, 1999).

Reference materials: 「武部六蔵」（山本裕執筆）貴志俊彦・松重充浩・松村史紀編『二〇世紀満洲歴史事典』吉川弘文館、2012年、341-342頁。秦郁彦編『日本近現代人物履歴事典』東京大学出版会、2002年、312頁。

Basic word (Japanese): 武部六蔵

Basic word (English): Takebe Rokuzo

Synonym: 武部関東局総長武部企画院次長武部次長武部総務長官

Related words: 長崎県理事官福岡県学務課長都市計画局帝都復興院復興局書記官秋田県知事関東局司政部長関東局総長企画院次長満洲国総務長官

Superordinate category: Ministry of Home Affairs (Bureaucrat)

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