Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese prince
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Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
About Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
- General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (??????, Asaka-no-miya Yasuhiko-o, 20 October 1887 – 12 April 1981) was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.
- Son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and uncle by marriage of Emperor Hirohito, Prince Asaka was commander of Japanese forces in the final assault on Nanjing, then the capital city of Nationalist China, in December 1937.
- He was a perpetrator of the Nanking massacre in 1937 but was never charged.
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