International Military Tribunal for the Far East

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The International Military Tribunal for the Far East was the Allied-led post–World War II war crimes court in Tokyo that prosecuted Japanese leaders for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed across Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ad hoc international criminal tribunal ⓘ
international military tribunal ⓘ
war crimes court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tokyo Trial ⓘ
Tokyo War Crimes Trial ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Trial

Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal ⓘ
chiefProsecutor Joseph B. Keenan ⓘ
chiefProsecutorFrom United States ⓘ
conflictContext World War II ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
createdDuring Allied occupation of Japan ⓘ
dateClosed 1948-11-12 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1946-01-19 ⓘ
dateOpened 1946-04-29 ⓘ
defendantType Japanese government officials ⓘ
Japanese military leaders ⓘ
Japanese political leaders ⓘ
establishedBy Allied powers ⓘ
Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
headquarters Ichigaya Court, Tokyo ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II ⓘ
judgeFrom Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
France ⓘ
India ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
jurisdictionArea Asia ⓘ
Pacific theater of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
other Allied languages ⓘ
legalBasis Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Special Proclamation by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
linked to: General Order No. 1
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Tokyo ⓘ
location Tokyo ⓘ
mandate prosecute Japanese leaders responsible for aggressive war in Asia ⓘ
prosecute Japanese leaders responsible for crimes against humanity in Asia ⓘ
prosecute Japanese leaders responsible for war crimes in Asia ⓘ
notableDefendant Heitaro Kimura ⓘ
Hideki Tojo ⓘ
Iwane Matsui ⓘ
Koki Hirota ⓘ
numberAcquitted 0 ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 28 ⓘ
numberOfJudges 11 ⓘ
numberSentencedToDeath 7 ⓘ
numberSentencedToLifeImprisonment 16 ⓘ
oversightBy Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
parallelTo International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg ⓘ
linked to: Nuremberg trials
presidingJudge William Webb ⓘ
presidingJudgeFrom Australia ⓘ
successorInfluenceOn development of international criminal law ⓘ
triedFor crimes against humanity ⓘ
crimes against peace ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ

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Osami Nagano → wasTriedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Hata Shunroku → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Iwane Matsui → trial → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
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Mamoru Shigemitsu → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Yoshijiro Umezu → triedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
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Matsui Iwane → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Otozō Yamada → wasTriedBy → Soviet military tribunal ⓘ
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Itagaki Seishirō → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
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Seishirō Itagaki → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
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Shirō Ishii → wasNotProsecutedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Shigenori Tōgō → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Akira Mutō → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
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Hiranuma Kiichirō → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Kiichirō Hiranuma → wasTriedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Araki Sadao → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
IMTFE → fullName → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
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linked to: International Military Tribunal for the Far East
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Tokyo Charter → relatedTo → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ