<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ephakanyiselwe esikhundleni sokuba ngu-major ngo-1903, uShirakawa wabuyela e-IJA ukuze ayohola i-21st Infantry Regiment ngesikhathi seMpi YaseRussia-Japan. Ngesikhathi sempi, wadluliselwa kubasebenzi be-IJA 13th Division. Lesi sigaba sanikezwa isabelo esizimele  <response>: Ukuhlala eSakhalin ngaphambi kokuphothulwa kweSivumelwano sasePortsmouth, ukufika eSakhalin ngoJulayi 7, 1905, izinyanga ezintathu kuphela ngemuva kokwakhiwa, nokuvikela lesi siqhingi ngo-Agasti 1, 1905. Ngenxa yokusebenza kwayo ngempumelelo, iJapane yanikezwa iKarafuto eseningizimu ngesikhathi seSivumelwano sasePortsmouth, enye yezinzuzo ezimbalwa zaseJapane ngesikhathi sempi. Ngemva kwempi, uShirakawa wabelwa ukuba abe sehhovisi lezisebenzi eMnyangweni Wezempi kusukela ngo-Okthoba 1905. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-lieutenant colonel ngo-1907, waba ngu-colonel ngo-1909, futhi waba ngumkhuzi we-IJA 34th Infantry Regiment. 