When were the Japanese war criminals hanged?

Dec. 23, 1948 seven "Class A" war criminals, including Japan's wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, were hanged at Sugamo Prison by the American occupation authorities.

Hideki Tojo and six others were the leaders of imperial Japan that were hanged as war criminals after the World War 2.

Japanese and Nazi war criminals for "Crimes Against Humanity" .

Some photographs show US Army personnel at the gallows.

The shrine houses Japanese soldiers, which includes war criminals.

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The first Nuremberg trial were only for the European war criminals (Class-A). Subsequent Nuremberg trials were held for lesser criminals. Other European countries also held separate trials for lesser war criminals (Class B & C). The International Military Tribunal for the Far Ear were for major Japanese war criminals (Class-A). Other countries held separate trials for lesser (Class-B and C) war criminals. Also after WWI Germany agreed to hold war crimes trials but since the allies did not occupy the German/Austrian nations, the trials were not generally successful, thought the court did its best.

Many were tried and hanged after the Nuremburg Trials, some served life inside prison, some managed to commit suicide before the hangman could reach them

It is not Islamic point of view to hang the criminals before sunrise. Islam wants that the criminals should be hanged/beheaded before the crowd of people. People should watch and learn a lesson not to kill others and then get themselves beheaded.

Canada should deal with their war criminals by arresting them.

Nuremberg trials were a series of trial held to try and punish Nazi criminals of war. In all 22 major Nazi war criminals were tried. 12 were awarded death penalty and rest were awarded imprisonment ranging between 10 years to life. Of the 12 awarded death penalty 10 were eventually hanged. Hermann Goering committed suicide and Martin Bormann was sentenced in Absentia and was never caught. A series of secondary trials punished hundreds of low ranking Nazi criminals of war.

No, the Nuremberg Trials were held in Nuremberg Germany, and as one might suspect, it was to try the Germans for war crimes. The Tokyo Tribunal was held to try the Japanese.

Grant Purves has written: 'War criminals' -- subject(s): Canada, Canada. Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals, Governmental investigations, War criminals

War criminals should be punished according to the crimes they have committed.

All the beneficiaries of NRO are the criminals of nation and should be hanged till death

The Allies brought Nazis Criminals to court. These trials were called the Nuremberg Trials, where war criminals were prosecuted. Most were sent to prison or sentenced to death.

The post-world war 2 nazi war criminals prosecution

It is to be assumed there may still be Nazi War Criminals out there. As so many people participated in the Nazi Party, it is impossible to assume that all Nazi War criminals were captured.

Most commonly they used beheading for nobles or royalty. Otherwise common criminals were hanged and/or drawn and quartered.

Criminals in medieval Europe had punishments that were very harsh, depending on the crime: such as being fined, put in the stocks, or hanged and burned. Criminals were punished in medieval times by being stretched on a rack or suffering a punishment that directly represented the crime.

you can't call a race of people, criminals, or else you would have to call all races criminals. only the victors get to write history. is he a partisan or a terrorist, depends which side your on

The allies (NATO) needed a scapegoat for the war on terror so they hanged Hussein for executing people.

"War" is not a Japanese word. In Japanese, "war" is 戦争 (sensou).

Criminals (terrorists).