Moritake Tanabe

Moritake Tanabe
Japanese general Moritake Tanabe
Native name	田辺 盛武
Born	(1889-02-26)February 26, 1889 Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Died	July 10, 1949(1949-07-10) (aged 60) Medan, Dutch East Indies
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1910-1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	41st Infantry Division 25th Army
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War World War II

Moritake Tanabe (田辺 盛武, Tanabe Moritake, 26 February 1889 – 10 July 1949) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, commanding the IJA 25th Army from April 1943 until the surrender of Japan. He was the brother-in-law of General Hitoshi Imamura. After the war, Tanabe was charged with war crimes, found guilty, and hanged in 1949.