Judging Japan: How the Tokyo War Crimes Trial Went Wrong | FULL DOCUMENTARY

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The Tokyo Trial – the International Military Tribunal for the Far East - had been convened in 1946 to prosecute the leaders of the Empire of Japan for war crimes. It was to be the Nuremberg trial of the Far East. This is the story of why, how and where it went wrong. After two and half years, only 7 out of the 11 judges agreed with the final verdict. For Europeans, WWII ended on 8th May 1945; its horror had been dominated by the Shoah. Seen from Asia, war ended on Septe.2; its horror dominated by a diehard military strategy which invented the Kamikazes, forbade their troops to surrender and paved the way to the slaughter of civilians, until the Americans dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Tokyo trial was decided upon by the Allies to avenge these decades of misery and death; and accepted by many Japanese as a way to move on. The main charge leveled against the 28 political and military leaders was ’Crime against Peace’, defined as a criminal conspiracy to wage a war of aggression. A charge already tried and tested at Nuremberg. It would prove to be divisive from the start, contributing to split the 11 judges into two opposing camps. The more so, since each of them represented one of the nations which had been at war with Japan… The Tokyo Trial – the International Military Tribunal for the Far East - had been convened in 1946 to prosecute the leaders of the Empire of Japan for war crimes. It was to be the Nuremberg trial of the Far East. It had been decided upon by the Allies to avenge these decades of misery and death. But it would prove to be divisive from the start, the more so, since each of them represented one of the nations which had been at war with Japan… After two and half years, only 7 out of the 11 judges agreed with the final verdict. This is the story of why, how and where it went wrong. Documentary: Judging Japan (2016) Directed by: Tim B. TOIDZE Production: Point du Jour #documentary #freedocumentary #japan #tokyo #tokyotrial #war #WWII