Akira Muto (1883 – 23 December 1948) was a Japanese army commander. He joined the Japanese Army and in 1913 he joined the General High Staff. He also served under Fumimaro Kondoye as head of the Military Affairs Bureau. He was promoted to major general. Muto worked as a military adviser to Hideki Tojo, serving as the Philippines Expeditionary Force's leader. 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Hideki Tojo Hideki Tojo (KyÅ«jitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機; ) (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, a nationalist thinker, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan; he served as prime minister during much of World War II, from October 18, 1941 to July 22, 1944. ...

In June 1943, Muto became commander of the 2nd Imperial Guards Division in Sumatra. He was transferred to the Philippines in October where he was appointed chief of staff to General Tomoyuki Yamashita. At the Philippines he brutally murdered thousands of Philippine civilians, although records of such murders have remained obscure. Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the 3rd largest island of Indonesia after Kalimantan and New Guinea. ... Tomoyuki Yamashita, 1945 General Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文 Yamashita Tomoyuki) (November 8, 1885 – February 23, 1946) was a general of the Japanese Army during the World War II era. ...

After the Second World War, Muto was arrested and charged with war crimes. He was eventually convicted and executed by hanging on December 23, 1948. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

See also

• Matsui Iwane