Fumimaro Konoe
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![Konoe with his cabinet ministers, including War Minister Hideki Tōjō, the second row, second from the left (22 July 1940)](/Images/godic/202501/14/Second_Cabinet_of_Fumimaro_Konoe3753.jpg")
![Visibly distressed in the fall of 1941 right before the attack on Pearl Harbor.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Konoe_in_Limo3753.jpg")
![Cabinet of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko with Mamoru Shigemitsu, Mitsumasa Yonai and Fumimaro Konoe in front row.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Cabinet_of_Prince_Higashikuni_Naruhiko3753.jpg")
Prince Fumimaro Konoe(近衛 文麿Konoe Fumimaro, often Konoye, 12 October 1891 – 16 December 1945) was a Japanese politician in the Empire of Japan who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. He was Prime Minister in the lead-up to Japan entering World War II.