THE CANNIBAL OF CHICHIJIMA: GENERAL YOSHIO TACHIBANA (FEBRUARY 24, 1890 TO SEPTEMBER 24, 1946)

70 years ago on this date, September 24, 1946, an IJA General, Yoshio Tachibana was executed by hanging in Guam for war crimes, including cannibalism. 

Yoshio Tachibana (立花 芳夫 Tachibana Yoshio)

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Bowl of sukiyaki

Yoshio Tachibana (立花 芳夫 Tachibana Yoshio, 24 February 1890 – 24 September 1946) was a lieutenant general of the Japanese Imperial Army. He was commander of the Japanese troops in Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands, and was held responsible for the “Chichijima Incident” a war crime involving torture, extrajudicial execution and cannibalism of Allied prisoners of war.