Former Jap Officers Face War Crime Charge News Article
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Reports that Toyoaki Inagaki, Minour Toyama and Yoshiyuki Nakamura were all charged with executing four unidentified American airmen.
Press - Post-War
Naval Chief Sought as War Criminal
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Reports that the IPS believes that Takasumi Oka, former Japanese Naval chief, "worked with the Japanese liaison conference which approved the final draft of the last note sent to the United States" and should therefore be apprehended and confined in Sugamo prison.
Japan's Aggression in China Described News Article
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Full text of "the factual account of the Marco Polo Bridge incident which started the China affair, as presented by General Ching Tenchun." The Marco Polo Bridge incident (also known as the Lukouchiao incident" took place on July 7, 1937.
Report Hirohito May Abdicate News Article
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Reports that Hirohito may abdicate his position as Emperor of Japan in light of the possibility of being called as a witness for the IMTFE. According to the government, they feared that having Hirohito appear personally in court "would place him in an extremely awkward position in the eyes of the Japanese public.
Yamashita's Defense Denied Record Copies News Article
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Reports on the military trial commission's response to the request by Yamashita's defense counsel for "16 additional copies of the record of the arraignment hearing and the hearing on the first day of the trial."
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Nippon Times - August 8, 1946
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Nippon Times, No. 17,023 from Thursday, August 8, 1946. On front page are two articles relating to the tribunal: 1. "Pu Yi Expected in Tokyo to Testify at War Trials Under Russian Custody"and 2. "Japanese Forces Said Unprepared for China Affair; Prosecution Witness Testified Pacific War Plans Were Not in Existence in 1938." Other articles in the newspaper report on international affairs.
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1946CE Aug 8th
M'Arthur Seizing 40 for War Crimes News Article
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Photocopy of a newspaper article from the September 12, 1945 edition of The New York Times titled "M'Arthur Seizing 40 for War Crimes; Cabinet Indicted; Tojo and his Henchmen Top International Roster for Trial."
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1945CE Sep 12th
Communique of Moscow Conference
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Authorized communique from the Moscow Conference where the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom reached an agreement regarding the preparation of peace treaties with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland, the establishment of a Far Eastern Commission, and other international policy decisions.
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1945CE Dec 28th
Nippon Times - July 10, 1946
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Nippon Times No. 16,994 from Wednesday, July 10, 1946. Topics covered include reports on the tribunal's progress regarding the Manchurian Phase (and Mukden Incident), the current Japanese government, movement of Jews into Poland, the expulsion of 54,000 Austrians from Russia, election in Mexico, affairs in the Soviet Union, and general international affairs.
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1946CE Jul 10th
Keenan Returning to Duty in Tokyo News Article
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Announces the travel itinerary for Joseph B. Keenan for his return to Tokyo to resume his position as Chief of the Prosecution Section for the IMTFE.
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