Inukai Tsuyoshi - Early Life

Early Life

Inukai was born to a former samurai family of the Niwase Domain, in Niwase village, Bizen Province (present-day Okayama city, Okayama Prefecture), and was a graduate of Keio Gijuku (subsequently Keio University) in Tokyo. In his early career, he worked as a journalist. He went with the Imperial Japanese Army to the front during the Satsuma Rebellion as a reporter for the Yūbin Hōchi Shimbun.

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