<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru muna 1903, Shirakawa akadzoka kuzotungamirira IJA 21st Infantry Regiment munguva yeRusso-Japanese War. Mukati mehondo, akaendeswa kuvashandi veIJA 13th Division. Chikamu ichi chakapiwa basa rakazvimirira rokutora Sakhalin  <response>: pamberi pekupedziswa kweChibvumirano chePortsmouth, ichisvika paSakhalin musi wa7 Chikunguru 1905, mwedzi mitatu chete mushure mekugadzirwa, uye kuchengetedza chitsuwa ichi musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1905. Somugumisiro webasa rayo rakabudirira, Japan yakapiwa kumaodzanyemba kweKarafuto panguva yeChibvumirano chePortsmouth, chimwe chezvinhu zvishomanana zveJapan zvakatorwa munguva yehondo. Pashure pehondo, Shirakawa akagoverwa kuPersonnel Bureau yeArmy Ministry kubva muna Gumiguru 1905. Akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel muna 1907, colonel muna 1909, uye mutungamiri weIJA 34th Infantry Regiment. 