General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka 1887 - 12 April 1981. 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 but never charged.

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