Kenji Doihara (土肥原 賢二 Doihara Kenji, 1883 - December 23, 1948) was a Japanese spy who served in northeastern China since 1913. He was one of the main plotters of the so-called Mukden Incident, making an excuse for the Japanese invasion of Manchuria prior to the Second World War. Kenji was nicknamed 'Lawrence of Manchuria', a reference to the West's Lawrence of Arabia.

Futher service:

• Commander, Kwantung Army, 1938-40
• Supreme War Council, 1940-43 (on November 4, 1941, as Major-General of Japanese Air Force, approved attack on Pearl Harbor)
• Army commander in Singapore, 1944-45

After the war, Doihara was tried by the Tokyo tribunal and was sentenced to death (convinced on 8 counts). In the interim, he was imprisoned in Sugamo Prison. Then, on December 23, 1948, at the age of 65, he was hanged for his actions.

External link

• Kenji Doihara - The Lawrence of Manchuria (http://www.angelfire.com/oz/1spy/Doihara.html)
• Overview of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial (http://cnd.org/mirror/nanjing/NMTT.html)