Akashi Motojiro military rank general
Baron Akashi Motojiro (明石 元二郎, 1 September 1864 – 26 October 1919) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 7th Governor-General of Taiwan from 6 June 1918 to 26 October 1919.Service in Korea
In 1905, just prior to the end of the war, he was recalled to Japan, divorced his wife, remarried, and joined the ground forces in Korea as a major general in command of the 14th Infantry Division.
Although Akashi is known to have received support from his close contacts within the Kokuryukai secret society, and although he certainly shared in many of their political goals, his name does not appear on their membership lists and it is mostly likely that he was never actually a member.
After the war, he remained in Korea with General Terauchi Masatake, where he organized the military police. He was promoted to lieutenant general at the age of 49.
He got Korea Colonization Decoration for his merits in Korea on 1 August 1912.
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