Yoshinori Shirakawa
Yoshinori Shirakawa | |
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白川 義則 | |
General Yoshinori Shirakawa, c.1921 | |
| 18th Minister of the Army | |
| In office April 20, 1927 – July 2, 1929 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Hirohito |
| Prime Minister | Tanaka Giichi |
| Preceded by | Kazushige Ugaki |
| Succeeded by | Kazushige Ugaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 24, 1869 Iyo, Japan |
| Died | May 26, 1932 (aged 63) Shanghai, China |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1890–1932 |
| Rank | General |
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| Battles/wars | First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War World War I January 28 incident |
Baron Yoshinori Shirakawa (白川 義則, Shirakawa Yoshinori; January 24, 1869 – May 26, 1932) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He died from injuries caused by a bomb set by Korean independence activist Yun Bong-gil in Shanghai.