Heisuke Yanagawa
Heisuke Yanagawa | |
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柳川 平助 | |
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| Vice President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association | |
| In office 28 March 1941 – 22 October 1941 | |
| President | Fumimaro Konoe Hideki Tojo |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Kisaburō Andō |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 21 December 1940 – 18 July 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Akira Kazami |
| Succeeded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Director-General of the East Asia Development Board | |
| In office 16 December 1938 – 21 December 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Teiichi Suzuki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1879 |
| Died | 22 January 1945 (aged 65) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Imperial Rule Assistance Association |
| Alma mater | Imperial Japanese Army Academy Army War College (Japan) |
Awards | Order of the Rising Sun Order of the Golden Kite Order of the Sacred Treasure |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service |  Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1900–1938 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Commands | IJA 1st Division, Taiwan Army, IJA 10th Army |
| Battles/wars | |
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alma_mater which should be merged with/replaced by education.Heisuke Yanagawa (柳川 平助, Yanagawa Heisuke; 2 October 1879 – 22 January 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Japanese forces under Yanagawa's command committed the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.