General Matsui Iwane, defendant, International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Born 27 July 1878; executed 23 December 1948. Cadet, Military Academy (September, 1896); Second Lieutenant, Infantry (June 1898); First Lieutenant (November 1900); Captain (August 1904); Major (November 1908); Lieutenant Colonel (Aug. 1915); Colonel (July 1918); Major General (March 1921); Lieutenant General (July 1927); Delegate Plenipotentiary to Geneva Disarmament Conference (December 1931 — February 1933); Commander, Formosan Army Corps (August 1933); General (October 1933); Supreme War Councilor (August 1934); retired from Army (August 1935); recalled to duty (August 1937); Commander, Shanghai Expeditionary Force (August 1937 — October 1937); Commander, Central China Expeditionary Force (Oct ober 1937 — February 1938); retired from Army (March 1938); member, Kokuhonsha. Arrested 17 November 1945; designated war criminal by U.S. and China; appeared as defense witness at IMTFE. Charged on thirty-eight counts (reduced to nine), found guilty on one count; sentenced to death by hanging.