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Kinnosuke Ogura (1885-1962) was an excellent Japanese mathematician, struggling for the modernization and democratization of his home country. However, during the Sino-Japanese War, Ogura was trapped in the mobilization of the Tennoist aggression against China. This paper provides some evidence, seeks for an explanation, and draws some tentative conclusions.
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Makino, T. (2003). The Mathematician K. Ogura and the “Greater East Asia War”. In: Booß-Bavnbek, B., Høyrup, J. (eds) Mathematics and War. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8093-0_17
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