December 23, 1948, Sugamo Prison.
Japanese and Nazi war criminals for "Crimes Against Humanity" .
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According to Japanese tabulation , 5,700 Japanese individuals were indicted for Class B and Class C war crimes. Of this number, 984 were initially condemned to death; 475 received life sentences; 2,944 were given more limited prison terms; 1,018 were acquitted; and 279 were never brought to trial or not sentenced. The number of death sentences by country is as follows: the Netherlands 236, Great Britain 223, Australia 153, China 149, US 140, France 26, and Philippines 17. The Soviet Union and Chinese Communist forces also held trials for Japanese war criminals .
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Crimes against humanity
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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.
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Japanese and Nazi war criminals for "Crimes Against Humanity" .
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No, the Nuremberg trials were specifically for prosecuting German war criminals. Japanese war criminals were tried separately in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo trials, which held Japanese individuals accountable for their actions during World War II.
Some photographs show US Army personnel at the gallows.
The shrine houses Japanese soldiers, which includes war criminals.
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.
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