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Pages in category "Violence against women in Japan" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
War crimes tribunals and transitional justice: The Tokyo trial and the Nuremberg legacy (Routledge, 2007). online; MacArthur, Brian. Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45 (Random House, 2005). Maga, Timothy P. Judgment at Tokyo: the Japanese war crimes trials (University Press of Kentucky, 2001).
Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis and encapsulates a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and geopolitical maneuvers across the Asia-Pacific region.
He had justified his crimes against innocent civilians, claiming that he was fighting against racism in Japanese society in general. While in prison, it was revealed that he had received special treatment compared to other prisoners which resulted in suicides and resignations of people in the Justice Ministry and the prison.
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the ...
"Class B" war criminals were those found guilty of war crimes per se, and "Class C" war criminals were those guilty of crimes against humanity. The Japanese government also accepted the terms set by the Potsdam Declaration (1945) after the end of the war.
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. [4] The major theatres of military operations were in the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
The following is a list of people who were formally indicted for committing war crimes or crimes against humanity on behalf of the Axis powers during World War II, including those who were acquitted or never received judgment. It does not include people who may have committed war crimes but were never formally indicted, or who were indicted ...