Fleet Admiral Nagano Osami, defendant, International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Born 15 June 1880; died 5 January 1947. Graduated Naval Academy (December 1900); Ensign (January 1902); Lieutenant Junior Grade (September 1903); Lieutenant (January 1905); Instructor, Naval Academy (January 1906); Lieutenant Commander (December 1910); Resident Officer in U.S. (January 1913 — April 1915); Commander (1914); Captain (December 1918); Captain, H.I.J.N.S. Hirata (December 1919); Naval Attache, Japanese Embassy to U.S. (December 1920); Rear Admiral (December 1923); Vice Admiral (December 1927); Superintendent, Naval Academy (December 1928); Vice Chief, Naval General Staff (10 June 1930 — 10 October 1931); Delegate Plenipotentiary, Geneva Disarmament Conference (December 1931 — April 1933); Admiral (March 1934); Supreme War Councilor (November 1934); Delegate Plenipotentiary, London Naval Disarmament Conference (November 1935 — March 1936); Navy Minister, Hirota Cabinet (9 March 1936 — 1 February 1937); Commander, Combined and First Fleets (February 1937 — December 1937); Chief, Naval General Staff (9 April 1941 — 21 February 1944); awarded title Admiral of the Fleet (June 1943); Supreme Naval Advisor to the Emperor (February 1944 — September 1945). Arrested 16 March 1946; designated war criminal by U.K. Charged on forty-one counts; died during trial, name stricken from indictment.