Masaji Kitano | |
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Born | Hyogo, Japan | July 14, 1894
Died | May 17, 1986 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 91)
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service/ | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1921–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands | Unit 731, Kwantung Army |
Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II |
Masaji Kitano (北野 政次, Kitano Masaji, July 14, 1894 – May 17, 1986) was a Japanese war criminal, medical physician, microbiologist and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army.
He was the second commander of Unit 731, a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel.[1][2][3]