Masatsune Ogura

The Ogura family served as retainers for the Nishio Clan which held possession of the Kanazawa Domain.

[2] In 1941 he was appointed Minister of Finance for the brief period between 18 July 1941 and 18 October 1941 in Fumimaro Konoe's third cabinet.

I have no reason or intention to remain in office.”[3] Ogura was a proponent of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and spoke against the initiation of a war against western powers.

[4] During World War II, Ogura presided over the Wartime Finance Bank.

Ogura was mentioned in the Tokyo Trials, but found not guilty of any war crimes.