# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yasuji-kaneko
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:30.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yasuji-kaneko"
name: "Yasuji Kaneko"
slug: "yasuji-kaneko"
description: "Yasuji Kaneko   was an ex-soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army, and a former detainee of both Siberian Internment by the Soviet Union during 1945–1950 and Fushun War Criminals Management Centre in China during 1950–1956. He was known for his extensive war crimes testimony, including his alleged involvement in the Unit 731. His testimony appeared in the 2001 documentary film Japanese Devils and the 2007 documentary film Nanking, an adaption of Iris Chang's book The Rape of Nanking. He was a member of the Association of Returnees from China."
tagline: "Soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1920-01-28"
deathDate: "2010-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.18
  momentum:             1.293023255813953
  historical:           7.643704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90%E5%AE%89%E6%AC%A1"
    title: "金子安次"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ياسوغي كانيكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuji_Kaneko"
    title: "Yasuji Kaneko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuji_Kaneko"
    title: "Yasuji Kaneko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "یاسوجی کانه‌کو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90%E5%AE%89%E6%AC%A1"
    title: "金子安次"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EB%84%A4%EC%BD%94_%EC%95%BC%EC%8A%A4%EC%A7%80"
    title: "가네코 야스지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuji_Kaneko"
    title: "Yasuji Kaneko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712735"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump