Draft:List of suicides in Imperial Japan
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Comment: The importance of the list could be argued as a navigational aid but as currently presented the notability of the list is questioned by the title of the "one source" which is also problematic. The one source title is "Japanese Mass Suicides", that would include those that did so willingly or by force (ordered). This list is of individuals (and their methods), specifically relating to WWII, as opposed to actual Mass suicides and Banzai charges. The Battle of Saipan included both Banzai charges and mass suicides such as soldiers and civilians jumping off a cliff. See: Suicide Cliff and Banzai Cliff. I am not suggesting that a list could not be important or useful but that the title cannot be so ambiguous as to conflict with the "sourcing" and content. Otr500 (talk) 18:01, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
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This is a list of suicides in Imperial Japan. Many prominent members of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy died by suicide during the Surrender of Japan and V-J Day.[1]
Suicides occurred in the Japanese Home Islands, unless stated otherwise.
Person was a member of the Imperial Japanese Army | |
* | Person was a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy |
† | Died by suicide in prison custody |
Person | Method | Location | Date | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|
Knife | Rabaul, Bismarck Archipelago | Sep 10, 1947 | 57 years, 85 days | |
Cyanide poisoning | Xinjing, Manchukuo | Aug 20, 1945 | 54 years, 206 days | |
Tokyo | Aug 15, 1945 | 58 years, 175 days | ||
Poisoning | Shanghai, Republic of China | Apr 19, 1946 | 62 years, 16 days | |
Kamikaze | USS Braine (DD-630), near Okinawa | May 27, 1945 | 17 years, 78 days | |
Seppuku | Okinawa | June 22, 1945 | 50 years, 154 days | |
Intramuros, Manila | Feb 26, 1945 | 49 years, 361 days | ||
Firearm | Johor, British Malaya | Aug 19, 1945 | 41 years, 42 days | |
Firearm | Tokyo | Aug 15, 1945 | 33 years, 140 days | |
Occupied Japan | Nov 30, 1945 | 69 years, 204 days | ||
Tinian, Mariana Islands | Aug 2, 1945 | 54 years, 313 days | ||
Seppuku | Tokyo | Sep 13, 1945 | 61 years, 4 days | |
Seppuku | Second Philippine Republic | Aug 10, 1945 | 52 years, 114 days | |
Seppuku | Tarawa, Gilbert Islands | May 2, 1945 | 55 years, 0 days | |
Kamikaze | Second Philippine Republic | Nov 25, 1944 | 28 years, 346 days | |
Seppuku | Tokyo | Sep 3, 1945 | 54 years, 97 days | |
Firearm | Saipan, South Seas Mandate | July 6, 1944 | 57 years, 103 days | |
Seppuku | Peleliu Island, Palau | Nov 24, 1944 | 46 years, 306 days | |
State of Burma | July 21, 1945 | 36 years, 184 days | ||
Seppuku | Guam, United States | Aug 11, 1944 | 54 years, 131 days | |
Firearm | New Guinea, Australia | Jan 21, 1943 | 54 years, 292 days | |
Seppuku | Tinian, Mariana Islands | Aug 1, 1944 | Unknown | |
Kamikaze | USS Bunker Hill, near Okinawa | May 11, 1944 | 22 years, 200 days | |
Kamikaze | Tokyo | Aug 16, 1945 | 54 years, 75 days | |
Firearm | Okinawa | June 13, 1945 | 54 years, 67 days | |
Seppuku | Tinian, Mariana Islands | Aug 2, 1944 | 47 years, 167 days | |
Seppuku | Saipan, Mariana Islands | July 10, 1944 | 53 years, 251 days | |
Kamikaze | Leyte Gulf, Second Philippine Republic | Oct 25, 1944 | 23 years, 34 days | |
Tokyo | Dec 13, 1945 | 85 years, 175 days | ||
Seppuku | Tokyo | Aug 15, 1945 | 33 years, 319 days | |
Tatsuji Suga† | Borneo, Dutch East Indies | Sep 16, 1945 | 59 years, 359 days | |
Firearm | Tokyo | Sep 12, 1945 | 65 years, 254 days | |
Shizuichi Tanaka | Firearm | Tokyo | Aug 24, 1945 | 57 years, 327 days |
Kamikaze | Kadena | May 11, 1945 | 22 years, 226 days | |
Kamikaze | Okinawa | Aug 15, 1945 | 55 years, 181 days | |
Mitsuru Ushijima | Seppuku | Kagoshima | June 22, 1945 | 57 years, 326 days |
Kamikaze | USS Bunker Hill, near Okinawa | May 11, 1945 | 21 years, 44 days | |
Teiichi Yoshimoto | Tokyo | Sep 14, 1945 | 58 years, 175 days |
References
[edit]- ^ Yalman, Richard (28 July 2016). "Japanese Mass Suicides". Atomic Hertiage Foundation. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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