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He named Major Yoshimi Taniguchi (commander of the Special Intelligence Squadron of the Fourteenth Area Army who had given Onoda his final instructions) as such, although in truth Onoda's immediate superior was Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama, the commander of the Eighth Division who had issued his orders. [10]
In March 1974, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda surrendered on Lubang after holding out on the island from December 1944 with Akatsu, Shimada and Kozuka. Onoda refused to surrender until he was relieved of duty by his former commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, who was flown to Lubang to formally relieve Onoda. [7] Teruo Nakamura: December 18, 1974
Yoshio Taniguchi (谷口 吉生, Taniguchi Yoshio; 17 October 1937 – 16 December 2024) was a Japanese architect best known for his redesign of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which was reopened on 20 November 2004. Critics have emphasized Taniguchi's fusion of traditional Japanese and Modernist aesthetics.
After being told that World War II had ended, 2nd Lt. Onoda told Suzuki that he would not surrender until ordered to by a superior officer, and finally gave up on March 9 when his former commander, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, delivered the order. [180] Onoda was the second-to-last Japanese officer to surrender after World War II.
Yoshirō Taniguchi (谷口 吉郎, Taniguchi Yoshirō, 24 June 1904 – 2 February 1979) was a Japanese architect. He was born in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He was a graduate of Tokyo University Department of Architecture and professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1929–1965. As an architect, he created over 50 ...
Hino Tomiko (日野 富子, 1440 – June 30, 1496) was a prominent figure during the Muromachi period and the beginning of the Sengoku period.She was daughter to Hino Shigemasa and was the official wife of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (at first Tomiko was betrothed to Ashikaga Yoshikatsu the seventh shōgun but Yoshikatsu died at the age of 10), and the ...
The major characters of the series (from left to right): Back row: Kimidori, Ryoko, Tsuruya, Kyon, and Itsuki. Front row: Mikuru, Haruhi, Kyon's sister, and Yuki. This is a list of the characters featured in the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito, which contains a multitude of other secondary, and minor characters who are introduced throughout ...
Yoshiko Kawashima (川島 芳子, Kawashima Yoshiko, 24 May 1907 – 25 March 1948), born Aisin Gioro Xianyu, was a Qing dynasty princess of the Aisin-Gioro clan. She was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War.