Kenkichi Ueda

Kenkichi Ueda
植田 謙吉
General Ueda Kenkichi
Governor-General of Kwantung
In office
6 March 1936 – 7 September 1939
MonarchShōwa
Prime MinisterKōki Hirota
Preceded byJiro Minami
Succeeded byYoshijirō Umezu
Personal details
Born(1875-03-08)8 March 1875
Osaka prefecture, Japan
Died11 September 1962(1962-09-11) (aged 87)
Alma materArmy War College
Military career
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service / branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1898–1939
Rank General
Commands
Battles / wars

Kenkichi Ueda (植田 謙吉, Ueda Kenkichi, 8 March 1875 – 11 September 1962) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He played an active role in the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars of the late 1930s.