Yoshinori Shirakawa

Yoshinori Shirakawa
白川 義則
General Yoshinori Shirakawa, c.1921
18th Minister of the Army
In office
April 20, 1927  July 2, 1929
MonarchEmperor Hirohito
Prime MinisterTanaka Giichi
Preceded byKazushige Ugaki
Succeeded byKazushige Ugaki
Personal details
Born(1869-01-24)January 24, 1869
Iyo, Japan
DiedMay 26, 1932(1932-05-26) (aged 63)
Shanghai, China
Awards
Military service
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Branch/service Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1890–1932
Rank General
Commands
Battles/warsFirst 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.