was chief of staff to Takeshi Mori

Takeshi Mori (commander)

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, commander of the First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II.

Mizutani was in his office, listening to Col. Masataka Ida

Masataka Ida

Lt. Col. ' was a young soldier in the Military Affairs Section of the Japanese Ministry of War, at the end of World War II. He had been stationed on Formosa , but was ordered back to Tokyo early in 1945...

's explanation of a plot to prevent Japan's surrender, when Gen. Mori was killed by the lead conspirator, Maj. Kenji Hatanaka

Kenji Hatanaka

' was a Japanese soldier, who was one one of the chief conspirators in the plot to seize the Imperial Palace and to prevent the broadcast of Emperor Hirohito's surrender speech.-Military Career:...

. He then went with Ida to the headquarters of the Eastern District Army to report the murder.