Back يوشيو كوداما Arabic Kodama Yoshio German کوداما یوشیئو Persian Yoshio Kodama French 児玉誉士夫 Japanese 고다마 요시오 Korean Yoshio Kodama Dutch Yoshio Kodama Portuguese Кодама, Ёсио Russian Yoshio Kodama Serbo-Croatian
Yoshio Kodama | |
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児玉 誉士夫 | |
.png) Mug shot of Kodama while he was held as a suspected war criminal in Sugamo Prison, 1946 | |
| Born | February 18, 1911 |
| Died | January 17, 1984 (aged 72) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Navy officer, businessman, political fixer, spy |
| Spouse | Sayoko (1940–1958)[1] |
| Children | Hagiwara Kichitaro (eldest son) (児玉博隆), Morihiro Kodama (third son) (児玉守弘)[citation needed] |
| Criminal charge | Suspected war criminal, bribery |
| Penalty | A total of six and half years in prisons |
Yoshio Kodama (児玉 誉士夫, Kodama Yoshio, February 18, 1911 – January 17, 1984)[2] was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist, Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan.[citation needed] The most famous kuromaku, or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and criminal underworld from the 1930s to the 1970s, and became enormously wealthy through his involvement in smuggling operations.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Pyuawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (January 18, 1984). "YOSHIO KODAMA; WAS RIGHTIST". New York Times. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Weiner, Tim (October 9, 1994). "C.I.A. Spent Millions to Support Japanese Right in 50's and 60's". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021.