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The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on 29 April 1946 to try leaders of the Empire of Japan for their crimes against peace, conventional war crimes, and crimes against humanity, leading up to and during the Second World War.
From May 3, 1946 to November 12, 1948, the trial heard testimony from 419 witnesses and saw 4,336 pieces of evidence, including depositions and affidavits from 779 individuals. Seven defendants were sentenced to death by hanging and 16 defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Tokyo Trial is a 2016 historical drama miniseries that depicts the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. An international co-production of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Dutch studio FATT Productions, and Canadian producers David Cormican and Don Carmody, the series was directed by Pieter Verhoeff and Rob W. King.
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Oct 16, 2023 · What the Tokyo Trial Reveals About Empire, Memory, and Judgment. The Allied tribunal in postwar Tokyo was modelled on the one in Nuremberg. That was the first mistake. General Hideki Tojo,...
Aug 2, 2016 · The Tokyo Trials. Examine the international tribunal held by the Allies at the end of World War II that tried and sentenced Japanese leaders for war crimes. Last Updated: August 2, 2016. Share to Google Classroom. Print this Page. At a Glance. Reading. Language. English — US. Subject. History. Social Studies. Human & Civil Rights. The Holocaust.
Tokyo Trial: With Tim Ahern, Paul Freeman, Serge Hazanavicius, Marcel Hensema. A historical drama that focuses on a decade-long investigation into events in the Pacific during and after WWII.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), informally known as the Tokyo War Crimes trial, lasted two and a half years, from April 29, 1946 to November 12, 1948. In contrast, the far better known Nuremberg Trial lasted less than a year.
