The former Japanese Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiranuma_Kiichir%C5%8D" class="extiw" title="en:Hiranuma Kiichirō">Kiichirō Hiranuma</a> (<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E6%B2%BC%E9%A8%8F%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:平沼騏一郎">平沼騏一郎</a>, 1867–1952, in office 1939) batonpassing the office of the executive branch to his successor Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyuki_Abe" class="extiw" title="en:Nobuyuki Abe">Nobuyuki Abe</a> (<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E9%83%A8%E4%BF%A1%E8%A1%8C" class="extiw" title="ja:阿部信行">阿部信行</a>, 1875–1953, in office 1939–40) at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantei" class="extiw" title="en:Kantei">Kantei</a> (<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B7%8F%E7%90%86%E5%AE%98%E9%82%B8" class="extiw" title="ja:総理官邸">総理官邸</a>).
<i>Gahō Yakushin no Nippon</i> October 1939 issue (『畫報躍進之日本』昭和十四年十月號)
1939-08-31
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