Yoshijirō Umezu was a Japanese general and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri. Standing in the front row are Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (left) and Umezu (right).
Umezu signing the instrument of surrender to the Allied nations
The Japanese 1st Army was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was raised and demobilized on three occasions.
Japanese General Kuroki and his Chief of Staff Shigeta Fujii