I am Prince Kan'in kotohi a Member of the Imperial House of Japan i was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, the Imperial Japanese Army i was arrested for war crimes after the war and served a prison sentence, but i was released in 1958 and went on to live a productive life then die