Press - Post-War

Two Liberated Prisoners of War Describe Ordeal Under Jap Rule News Article

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Two news articles. One "Two Liberated Prisoners of War Describe Ordeal Under Jap Rule: 41-Month Enslavement is Ended for Bureau County Sailor; Japs Brutally Attack B-29 Pilot After Plane is Shot Down" and second "Expect Allies to Indict Tojo Cabinet Today: Procedure in Tokyo to Be Simple."

Nippon Times, June 8, 1946

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(The 21st Year of Showa) No. 16,959. Nippon Times for Wednesday, June 5, 1946. Contains articles on the war crimes trial, including one titled "Keenan Fires opening Broadside in Fight to Convict War Leaders. Delivers 15,000-Word Summary of Allied War Crimes Case; Tojo, Others Termed 'Felons.'" Also reports on the Yokohama trial, French elections, Russia - United States diplomatic relations, Anti-Franco movement, Stettinius Resignation, Manchuria and Chinese communist developments, other "small-fry war criminals," the United States stock market, and general world events.
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1946CE Jun 5th

Tokyo News No. 4,591-A

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News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Labor Minister Expresses Views on His Labor Policy; Government's Important Policies Facing Bad Fix, Diet Dissolution Put Forward; Note Issues of Bank of Japan Likely to be ¥185,000,000,000 at Year-End; Individual Phase Climaxes in Kido and Tojo, 17 Defendants still to Plead before War Court; Blackmarket Prices Up 9% Over September; Dark Dancehall; Nishio Denies Rumor of General Elections; Man Assaults Girl Twice in Single Night; Summary of News in Japanese Press (items not given in translation)
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1947CE Oct 13th

150 Prisoners' Deaths Charged to Jap Major News Article

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Reports on the charges against Major Yaichi Rikitake, the most atrocities attributed to a single Japanese prisoner of war camp commander. He was accused of being responsible for 150 Allied captive deaths. Describes some of the conditions and actions committed at camp No. 3 at Fukuoka where Rikitake was commander. Also indicates the joint trial request for Kimura, Tsuda, Omoi, Minemoto, and Ichibq to be tried in Yokohama. The prosecutors for the joint trial will be Capt. Robert D. Bascom and 1st Lt. Angelo M. D'Angelo.

Times Upholds Legality of Tokyo War Trials News Article

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Reports on the New York Times editorial supporting the validity of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. In the piece, the editors concluded "in the last analysis, however, none of these considerations will count for much in history. For history will judge these trials wholly by whether the victors themselves adhere to the standards and laws they impose upon the vanquished. In judging the vanquished, the victors also judge themselves."

Homma Weeps to Hear What a Kind Man He Is News Article

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Reports on the testimony given in Gen. Masaharu Homma's war crimes trial in Manila, Philippines. Includes his response and the allegations charged against him. Other news wire articles report on the identity of a Japanese military official accused of beating allied prisoners at Omuta camp, the testimony of Pfc. Willie L. Ward regarding forced immersions in water, and the sentencing of Lt. Nakamura Kaniyuki to hanging for beheading and Indian prisoner of war.

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