Shigeru Honjo/Definition
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Imperial Japanese Army officer who commanded Kwangtung Army from 1 Aug 1931 to 8 Aug 1932, including the Manchurian Incident; Chief Aide-de-Camp 1933-1936 and informal adviser afterwards; committed seppuku when told he was to be arrested as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East