Lieutenant General Muto Akira, defendant, International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Born 15 December 1892; executed 23 December 1948. Cadet, Military Academy (December 1911); Second Lieutenant, Infantry (December 1913); First Lieutenant (August 1915); Captain (August 1922); Major (August 1928); Instructor, Army Staff College (November 1930; Lieutenant Colonel (August 1932); Colonel (August 1936); Major General (March 1939); Chief, Military Affairs Bureau (30 September 1939 — 20 April 1942); Lieutenant General (October 1941); Chief of Staff, 14th Area Army [Philippines] (October 1944 — September 1945). Designated war criminal by U.S; held as prisoner of war until start of trial; appeared as defense witness at IMTFE. Charged on forty-eight counts (reduced to nine), found guilty on seven counts; sentenced to death by hanging.