Kazuo Aoki
(Date of shooting unknown)
Kazuo Aoki Kazuo Aoki 1889-1982 Birthplace: Nagano, Japan Politician Along with Koya Hironobu and Ishiwata Shotaro, Aoki was known as the "Three Crows of the Ministry of Finance. He joined the Abe Nobuyuki Cabinet as Minister of Finance and President of the Planning Yuan, and helped establish the Wang Zhao Ming administration in China. He became the first Minister of East Asia in Hideki Tojo's cabinet and organized the East Asia Conference. After the war, he was nominated as a Class A war criminal but was not prosecuted. After his ban from public office was lifted, he became a member of the House of Councillors (Liberal Party). (Photo by Kingendai Photo Library/AFLO)