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Tomegorō Yoshizumi
was a Japanese spy and journalist who defected to Indonesia during the National Revolution. Born in Tōhoku region during the late stages of the Meiji period, in his early twenties he joined the Japanese expatriate community in the Dutch East Indies. Yoshizumi recruited locals for the Japanese spy ring in Java and Sulawesi, while also taking up employment for local Japanese newspapers. He was a noted follower of Japanese nationalism, and reportedly endorsed a "new order in East Asia". Although a civilian, he was inducted into the Imperial Japanese Navy, earning an officer's rank. Deported from Java following the start of World War II, Yoshizumi returned illegally and was arrested in 1941, when Japan declared war on the Netherlands. He spent time in an Australian internment camp, but was released during a prisoner exchange in August 1942, and returned to the East Indies, which were by then under Japanese occupation. Although serving as head of the Japanese intelligence board K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi, Yamagata (Higashitagawa)
was a List of villages of Japan, village located in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata, Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. The village was not related to the town of Asahi, Yamagata (Nishimurayama), Asahi in the same prefecture or the adjacent Asahi, Niigata, Asahi in Niigata Prefecture. On October 1, 2005, Asahi, along with the towns of Fujishima, Yamagata, Fujishima, Haguro, Yamagata, Haguro and Kushibiki, Yamagata, Kushibiki (all from Higashitagawa District, Yamagata, Higashitagawa District), and the town of Atsumi, Yamagata, Atsumi (from Nishitagawa District, Yamagata, Nishitagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tsuruoka, and no longer exists as an independent Municipalities of Japan, municipality. Asahi literally means "morning sun". The village is named after Asahi Mountains, which shine bright in the morning light. The village was established in 1954 by the merger of the villages of Oizumi, Hongo and Azuma. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
