Jirō Shiizaki (椎崎二郎,Shiizaki Jirō) (30 September 1911 – 15 August 1945) was a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He served as a member of the staff of the domestic affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau's War Affairs Section. Shiizaki was one of several members of that staff to participate in a coup (the Kyūjō incident) in the early morning of August 15, 1945, the day the Emperor would declare Japan's surrender.
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