Portrait of Lieutenant General Rikichi Ando, 5 Dec 1940Rikichi Ando signing the surrender document, Taipei City Hall, Taiwan, 25 Oct 1945; note Haruki Isayama on the right of the photograph
Portrait of Lieutenant General Rikichi Ando, 5 Dec 1940Rikichi Ando signing the surrender document, Taipei City Hall, Taiwan, 25 Oct 1945; note Haruki Isayama on the right of the photograph
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