was consequently sentenced to death as a BC-class war criminal. On 26 April 1947 he was escorted to his execution spot at Mount Yuhuatai and publicly executed by shooting. The crowds of Chinese civilians who witnessed the execution were cursing at him for the atrocities he committed. Family Tani's son, Hayao Tani, was also an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. A graduate of the 49th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and the 58th class of the Army Staff College, he was a colonel on the staff of the IJA 34th Army and was killed in combat in November 1944. Decorations 1939 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure 1939 – Order of the Golden Kite, 5th class 1940 – Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun References Hsu Long-hsuen & Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), 2nd edition (1971); translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing (address #33 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan) Higashinakano, Shūdō. The Nanking Massacre: Fact Versus Fiction (2005), Sekai Shuppan, Inc.; / (original Japanese edition: Nankin gyakusatsu no tettei kensho (1998), Tendensha, ; C0021) Yoshida Hiroshi Tennou no guntai to Nankin jiken'', 1998, Aoki shoten; . Footnotes External links 1882 births 1947 deaths People from Okayama Prefecture Imperial Japanese Army generals of World War II Japanese military attachés Japanese generals Japanese people executed for war crimes Japanese people convicted of crimes against humanity Japanese military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Japanese military personnel of World War II Nanjing Massacre perpetrators 20th-century executions by China People executed for crimes against humanity Japanese people executed abroad Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class Recipients of the Order of the Golden Kite People executed by the Republic of China by firearm Executed mass murderers