Prince Yasuhiko Asaka

(1887-1981)

Japanese general

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General Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (朝香宮鳩彦王, Asaka-no-miya Yasuhiko-ō, 20 October 1887 – 12 April 1981) was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. Son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and uncle by marriage of Emperor Hirohito, Prince Asaka was commander of Japanese forces in the final assault on Nanjing, then the capital city of Nationalist China, in December 1937. He is alleged to have been a perpetrator of the Nanking massacre in 1937, but he was never charged.

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Born	20 October 1887 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Died	12 April 1981 (aged 93) Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Zodiac	Libra
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