Defendants - Charges Against

Reports on the trial of Lieut. Miyoroku Okada in Yokohama for his actions as commandant of the Nagoya prisoner of war camp. Includes information from the affidavits of 23 fellow prisoners who described the beating and subsequent burial of Aviation Ordnanceman Doyle W. Waggoner of Shreveport, Louisiana. Another news wire items report on the not guilty pleas offered by Nobuo Kanayama, Tsuyoshi Sadai and Kiyoichi Mori at the Eighth Army commission Yokohama trial, the charges against Tsutomu Shiba (former captain and medical officer in the Japanese army) in Tokyo, and the release of thirteen Japanese accused war criminals from Sugamo prison after they were acquitted of "charges of maltreating Allied war prisoners."

Reports on the execution of Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita by hanging in Manila, along with two other Japanese. Gives Yamashita's background, the atrocities he was found guilty of being responsible for, and his actions during the war.

Reports on the sentencing of 36 war criminals tried by the British Liaison Division with fourteen of the accused sentenced to death. Relates the accusations, atrocities committed, and information about the individuals involved.

Reports on Hideki Tojo's assertion from prison that "Japan fought 'a war of self protection'" and that "he would face the international war crimes tribunal with no remorse." Article gives an overview of the full statement he released from prison through his Japanese attorney, Ichiro Kiyose.

Reports that Lt. Uichi Ikegami will go on trial tomorrow at Yokohama for the death of Elbert H. Knox.