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Shinkichi Sakurada
Shinkichi Sakurada (1881 – December 12, 1931) was a Japanese-Canadian murderer and suspected serial killer who, together with two accomplices, was convicted of killing a fellow immigrant in Vancouver in 1931. While there were speculations that he might have been responsible for the murders of multiple others, Sakurada was sentenced to death and subsequently executed for his sole conviction, along with one of his accomplices. Murder of Nakichi Watanabe On March 30, 1931, the mutilated body of 49-year-old Japanese fisherman Nakichi Watanabe was found beside some railroad tracks near a plant for the American Can Company. His body had deep slashes on the throat, head and hands; some of his money had been stolen and he had been covered with a scarf and coat that did not belong to him. According to the testimony of Jimmy Yamashita, a colleague who had worked with Watanabe at the Hastings Mill, he had seen another Japanese man standing over the corpse, with what appeared to be a hatche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, 1910 to Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945, it included the Japanese archipelago, the Kuril Islands, Kurils, Karafuto Prefecture, Karafuto, Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, and Taiwan under Japanese rule, Taiwan. The South Seas Mandate and Foreign concessions in China#List of concessions, concessions such as the Kwantung Leased Territory were ''de jure'' not internal parts of the empire but dependent territories. In the closing stages of World War II, with Japan defeated alongside the rest of the Axis powers, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, formalized surrender was issued on September 2, 1945, in compliance with the Potsdam Declaration of the Allies of World War II, Allies, and the empire's territory subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
