17 Facts About Yoshinori Shirakawa

Baron Yoshinori Shirakawa was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Yoshinori Shirakawa died from injuries caused by a bomb set by Korean independence activist Yun Bong-gil in Shanghai.

Yoshinori Shirakawa attended Matsuyama Middle School, but was forced to leave without graduating due to the difficult financial situation of his family, and worked as a substitute teacher.

Yoshinori Shirakawa graduated from the 1st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1890, where his classmates included Kazushige Ugaki.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was commissioned as a second lieutenant in March 1891.

Yoshinori Shirakawa entered the Army Staff College in 1893, but was forced to leave the following year due to the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War.

Yoshinori Shirakawa returned to graduate from the Army Staff College and was promoted to captain in 1898.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was then assigned as section commander of the IJA 21st Infantry Regiment.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1907, colonel in 1909, and commander of the IJA 34th Infantry Regiment.

In June 1911, Yoshinori Shirakawa became Chief of Staff of the IJA 11th Division, and was promoted to major general and commander of the IJA 9th Infantry Brigade.

Yoshinori Shirakawa served as Head of the Personnel Bureau from 1916 to 1919, and after his promotion to lieutenant general and commandant of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was selected by General Yamanashi Hanzo to serve as Vice-Minister of the Army in October 1922 and served as Head of Army Aeronautical Department.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was appointed commander of the Kwantung Army from October 1923.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was dispatched to China on February 25,1932, to become commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was under direct orders from Emperor Hirohito to bring the situation to a close.

Yoshinori Shirakawa was posthumously awarded with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, Order of the Golden Kite 2nd Class, and elevated to the rank of danshaku under the kazoku peerage system.

Yoshinori Shirakawa's ashes were divided between graves located in his hometown of Matsuyama and in Tokyo's Aoyama Cemetery.