Press - Post-War

Jap Ex-Consul at Mukden is Heard at Trial News Article

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Reports on the testimony of Morito Morishima, former assistant Japanese counsel general at Mukden, at the Tokyo war crimes trial regarding the Kwantung army's actions in Manchuria. Also reports that Yosuchi Kimura, former civilian guard at the Omori POW camp was sentenced to five years of hard labor.

Ex-GI's Won't Testify So Jap Criminals Go Free News Article

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Reports on the assertion by Col. D. M. Dunn, acting chief of the war crimes branch of the war department's civil affairs division, that accused Japanese war criminals are "being acquitted or are escaping with light sentences because American former servicemen are reluctant to cross the Pacific to testify at the trials."

War Criminal Given Five Years in Prison News Article

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Reports on the sentencing to five years of hard labor for Yosuchi Kimura, former civilian guard at Omori prisoner of war camp, by the Eighth Army Tribunal at Yokohama. Also announces the upcoming trial of three more accused Japanese. Other news items reported on include the hanging of 9 Japanese in Singapore for wartime atrocities and the charges against Koju Tsuda for the death of Cpl. James L. Scott of the British army.

'The Bull' Goes on Trial For Wartime Atrocities News Article

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Reports on the trial at Yokohama of Kitaro Ishida, nicknamed 'the Bull,' for "atrocities against American prisoners of war at the Hirota camp, near Osaka." Another news wire piece reports on "charges that a Japanese army captain forced American prisoners of war to attend and furnish entertainment at a Japanese party celebrating the death of President Roosevelt."

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