Kan'in Kotohito
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Prince Kan'in Kotohito was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940.
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Saitō MakotoAlso won Order of the Golden Kite, 4th Class
Kodama GentarōAlso won Order of the Golden Kite, 1st Class
Yoshihito, Prince KatsuraAlso won Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Saigō TsugumichiAlso won Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Mineichi KogaAlso won Order of the Golden Kite, 1st ClassPoliticians from Japan 1
About this person
Prince Kan'in Kotohito was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, the Imperial Japanese Army committed numerous war crimes against Chinese civilians including the Nanjing Massacre and the systemic use of chemical and bacteriological weapons. Prince Kan'in Kotohito died several months before the end of the Second World War.
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