Original sentence: A native of Kochi prefecture, Kiyotake graduated from the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1914, and from the 34th class of the Army Staff College in 1922.He spent much of the 1920s and 30s in a series of staff positions in the North China Area Army and in Japan, before his promotion to major general in 1940
Edited sentence: A native of Kōchi prefecture, Kiyotake graduated from the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1914, and from the 34th class of the Army Staff College in 1922.He spent much of the 1920s and 1930s in a series of staff positions in the North China Area Army and in Japan, before his promotion to major general in 1940