was a Japanese army general who helped plan Japan's economy in World War II and later was imprisoned as a war criminal, died of heart failure. He was 100 years old.

Mr. Suzuki, who served as a lieutenant general in the Imperial Army, was the last surviving member of a group of top leaders convicted of war crimes.

He was the primary planner of Japan's wartime economy, serving as state minister of the Planning Board from 1941 to 1943.

After Japan's defeat in 1945, he stood trial along with Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō

Hideki Tōjō

Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army , the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II, from 17 October 1941 to 22 July 1944...

and 26 other wartime leaders. Tojo and six others were condemned and hanged.

Mr. Suzuki was given a life sentence by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in 1948, but he was released on parole from Sugamo Prison for war criminals in Tokyo in 1955 and given a full pardon.

After briefly returning to government service, he dropped from public view and refused to see reporters.

1934 - 1935 Instructor at the War College
1935 - 1936 Investigator, Cabinet Research Bureau
1936 - 1937 Commanding Officer 14th Regiment
1937 - 1938 Attached to 16th Division
1938 - Chief of Staff 3rd Army
1938 - 1940 Head of Political Affairs Bureau, Asia Development Board
1940 - 1941 Head of General Affairs Bureau, Asia Development Board
1941 - Retired
1941 - 1943 Minister of State
1941 - 1943 Chief of the Cabinet Planning Board
1943 - 1944 Advisor to the Government
1945 - 1948 Arrested and tried as an A class war criminal
1948 - Condemned to life imprisonment as an A war criminal
1955 - Released