Premise: Gheorghe Bagulescu (1886–1963) was a Romanian Brigadier-General during World War II, writer and art collector. He served as Ambassador and Military Attaché to Tokyo from 1934 to 1939. From 1941 to 1943, he was Ambassador to Tokyo & Nanking-China and Military Attaché to Tokyo.
Hypothesis: The romanians back even before the 2000s  had generals of their own