Ah, I’ve heard of that dish, though I thought the Icelandics were more shark-oriented.
You’re correct on the latter, but despite qualifying as a war criminal he survived the war and went on to more extraordinary adventures, including being elected to the Japanese parliament and possibly having CIA or similar links before disappearing mysteriously in Vietnam in the early 1960s.
He was involved in the Nomonhan conflict in 1939 and was the primary, and very effective, staff planner behind Japan’s conquest of Malaya and Singapore. He popped up all over Japan’s expansion during the war, including encouraging the execution of POWs on the Bataan Death March and dropping in to Guadalcanal in Japan’s advance phase. My recollection is that one of his independently documented liver eating events was in the Philippines.
For anyone seriously interested in the Malayan campaign, his post-war book is required reading as a counterpoint to Percival’s book. http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Greatest-Victory-Britains-Defeat/dp/188511933X
Although a very nasty character, he was also an outstanding officer at his rank and a remarkable survivor post-war.