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Hiranuma Kiichir was a prominent preWorld War II rightwing Japanese politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Japan fromJanuary 1939 toAugust 1939. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Hiranuma was born in what is now Tsuyama city Okayama Prefecture, as the son of a lowranking samurai from the Tsuyama Domain of Mimasaka Province. He graduated with a degree in English law from Tokyo Imperial University in 1888. After graduation, he obtained a posting in the Ministry of Justice.

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