Editing Ichirō Hatoyama (section)

== Wartime period ==
Hatoyama opposed the trend towards military government. He led his faction to absent itself in protest against the expulsion of [[Saitō Takao (politician)|Takao Saitō]] for an anti-militarist speech. He resisted the dissolution of political parties and the formation of the [[Imperial Rule Assistance Association]] (IRAA) in 1940.{{sfn|Magill|2014b|pp=1574–1576}}

Hatoyama ran in the [[1942 Japanese general election|1942 general election]] as a "non-endorsed" candidate, meaning he was not endorsed by the IRAA, but won his election anyway. Shared opposition to the [[Hideki Tojo|Tojo]] cabinet brought him together with his old rival Bukichi Miki, who also ran and won as a non-endorsed candidate. Like most non-endorsed candidates elected, they were compelled to join the [[Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association]] when all other parliamentary caucuses were suppressed shortly after the election, but continued to resist from within. In November 1942, Hatoyama's son [[Iichirō Hatoyama|Iichirō]] married [[Yasuko Hatoyama|Yasuko Ishibashi]], the daughter of [[Bridgestone]] founder [[Shojiro Ishibashi]]. Ishibashi became an important financial backer for Hatoyama.{{sfn|Itoh|2003|pp=49-75}}

As time went on, the prospects for resisting the cabinet seemed more and more futile. When fellow Diet member [[Bin Akao]] was expelled from the Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association for publicly rebuking Tojo in June 1943, Hatoyama and others decided to leave in solidarity. This practically made further political activities impossible, so Hatoyama decided to retire to his summer house in [[Karuizawa]]. Before leaving Tokyo he made a pledge with Miki that they would cooperate to rebuild Japan after the war. In Karuizawa he devoted himself to farming and study, but he also took part in plans surrounding Shigeru Yoshida and [[Fumimaro Konoe]] for an early peace with Britain and the United States.{{sfn|Itoh|2003|pp=49-75}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Oates |first=Leslie R. |date=18 October 2010 |title=Populist Nationalism in Pre-War Japan: A Biography of Nakano Seigo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WEIiEAAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=Routledge |page=79 |isbn=978-1136917189}}</ref>{{sfn|Dower|1988|p=232}}