was the

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between 1941 and 1944. He advocated financing the

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and decreasing Chinese resistance by selling opiates to the Chinese. In 1945, he was captured by the

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, tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and sentenced to life imprisonment. Paroled in 1955, he later served as

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from 1963 until 1964. In Kaya's obituary, ''

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'' magazine quoted him as saying that ''communism means only a dog's life''.

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1889 births 1977 deaths Members of the House of Peers (Japan) Japanese people convicted of war crimes Japanese people of World War II People convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Ministers of Finance of Japan Ministers of Justice of Japan Japanese anti-communists Japanese politicians convicted of crimes Japanese fascists {{Japan-bio-stub Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by international courts and tribunals