Colonel Okitsugu (Koko) Arao was one of the original plotters in a scheme to prevent the Emperor's declaration of surrender at the end of World War II. also known as, (April 29 1901 – January 7 1989 was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order reigning from December 25 1926 until his death The, lit " Jewel Voice Broadcast " was the radio broadcast in which Japanese emperor Hirohito read out the, announcing to the Japanese people that World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was the chief of the War Affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army. The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku
Given his relatively high station, Arao acted as the representative of the plotters to some extent, hoping to enlist the aid of Minister of War Korechika Anami. The, more popularly known as the Ministry of War of Japan was the Cabinet -level ministry from 1872-1945 in charge with administration of the Imperial Japanese Army was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was War Minister at the Surrender of Japan. Meeting with Anami on the night of August 13 (two days before the surrender), Arao was informed that the Minister stood behind the Emperor's decisions, and that in any case, Japan could not afford to continue fighting. Unthinkable as it was, surrender was the only option.
As one of his chief contributions to the coup, Arao drafted an 'Instruction to the Troops' which was to be broadcast to all of Japan's soldiers, encouraging them to keep fighting. This was originally supported and approved by General Anami; however, while he spoke with the War Minister, several of the more rash members of the conspiracy broadcast an earlier, more inflammatory, draft.
The following morning, Arao and the other conspirators met to plot the actual details of their plan to take over the Imperial Palace, placing the Emperor under house arrent, and preventing the surrender speech from being delivered. is the imperial main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in Chiyoda Tokyo close to Tokyo Station and contains various buildings Arao drafted the orders that were to be given to those elements of the Imperial Guards Division and other groups involved in the coup. The conspirators then met with Anami once more; the Minister, having wavered back and forth several times in his support of their plan, once again told them the coup would have to be abandoned. He said that Army Chief of Staff Yoshijiro Umezu felt that employment of armed forces within the Palace grounds would be sacrilege. ( 4 January 1882 - 8 January 1949) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Though he was one of the original conspirators, Arao in the end turned his back on the coup, and helped write the generals' agreement document stating that those military commanders who signed swore to abide by the Emperor's decision.
Unlike many of the other conspirators, Arao survived through the events of August 15, 1945, and would, many years later, continue to admire General Anami, and the devotion and strength it took to bring the war to an end in the way he did. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar
See also
- Kenji Hatanaka, the chief conspirator. (died 15 August 1945) was a young soldier in the Military Affairs Section of the Japanese Ministry of War, at the end of World War II.
References
- Brooks, Lester (1968). "Behind Japan's Surrender: The Secret Struggle That Ended an Empire. " New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
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