Date of birth:

September 1st, 1899 (Fukuoka prefecture, Japan)

Date of death:

June 11th, 1951 (Manus Island, Territory of Papua and New Guinea)

Nationality:

Japanese

Lieutenant general and war criminal Takuma Nishimura was the governer of the Shan states and Sumatra during the Second World War. He was hanged in 1951.

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