Japanese War Crimes Trials

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:addressed crimes against humanity
crimes against peace
war_crimes
gptkbp:criticism victor's justice
inconsistencies in sentencing
the exclusion of certain crimes
the legal processes used
the treatment of defendants
lack_of_representation_of_Asian_victims
perceived_bias_against_Japanese_defendants
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
various media
gptkbp:established gptkb:Allied_occupation_authorities
gptkbp:first_held 1946 to 1948
gptkbp:followedBy trials in other countries
subsequent_trials_in_Japan
gptkbp:has a precedent for future trials
a means of reconciliation
a means to establish accountability
a reflection of post-war power dynamics
a tool for political propaganda
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Allied_powers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese War Crimes Trials
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Yamashita_Tomoyuki
gptkb:Hideki_Tojo
gptkb:Kuniaki_Koiso
gptkb:International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East
Seishiro Itagaki
Iwane Matsui
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
public opinion
diplomatic relations
political considerations
the_Cold_War_context
gptkbp:involved Japanese_military_leaders
gptkbp:is_essential_for international law
human rights advocacy
the history of military justice
the history of international relations
the development of war crime definitions
the history of human rights law
the history of post-war reconstruction
the history of war crimes jurisprudence
the_history_of_Japan
gptkbp:is_featured_in defendants_from_the_Imperial_Japanese_Army
defendants_from_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:is_part_of post-war justice efforts
the_Tokyo_War_Crimes_Tribunal
gptkbp:led_to controversies over historical memory
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:World_War_II
English_and_Japanese
gptkbp:resultedIn executions
prison sentences
gptkbp:takes_place_in gptkb:Tokyo