Kanji Ishiwara2. 1930s Japan, public domain image.

Colonel Kanji Ishiwara in 1934. At the time he was the commander of the 4th Infantry Regiment in Sendai. Kanji Ishihara was the mastermind of the Manchurian Incident, but he was not a war criminal in the Tokyo trial because of his strong opposition in the "Roh Mizobashi (check translation)" case.
日本語: 石原莞爾は満州事変の首謀者であったが、盧溝橋事件の際に強硬に拡大反対した事で東京裁判で戦犯にされなかった。しかし満州事変で下克上を起こしたために、盧溝橋事件では対中強硬派が下克上の波に乗ってしまう。