As Vice Chairman (later Chairman) of Councilors of Court during World War II, Suzuki was opposed to Japan's war with the United States. As prime minister, he contributed to the final peace negotiations with the Allies, and helped to persuade Hirohito to accept the surrender terms of the Potsdam Declaration. Suzuki died of natural causes after the war.
As a young naval officer, he was a commander of a destroyer flotilla during the Russo-Japanese War and participated in the pivotal naval Battle of Tsushima.
Kantaro Suzuki[kAntArO´ sOOzOO´kE] Pronunciation Key, 1867–1948, Japanese admiral.
He favored the acceptance of unconditional surrender with the understanding that it did not alter the position of the emperor.
Opposed by the military, which wished to negotiate a more favorable settlement, Suzuki called two imperial conferences at which Emperor Hirohito ordered his ministers to capitulate.
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