Defendants - Charges Against

Responsibility of Head of State, Cabinet Members, Military Commanders and Staff Officers

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Full title: "Responsibility of Head of State, Cabinet Members, Military Commanders and Staff Officers for War Crimes Committed by Subordinates; Lawfulness of Guerilla Activities in the Philippines."
Date: 
1945CE Nov 20th

Doc. No. 1259 - Analysis of Documentary Evidence

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Analysis of handwritten notes "Questions and Answers, (Privy Council)" on Tri-Partite Pact from Foreign Office telegram files. Persons implicated: OIKAWA; TOJO; MATSUOKA; KONOYE, Teiichi, MINAMI; HIRANUMA, Kiichiro; HARA, Kado. Crimes to which document applicable: Conspiracy and preparation for aggressive warfare.
Date: 
1946CE Apr 10th

Japs' Defender Argues A-Bomb Was Murder, Too News Article

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Reports on the statements of defense attorney Major Bruce Blakeney who asserted that "America's atom bombing of Hiroshima was no less murderous than Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor." Chief Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan offered a quick rebuttal stating "we make no apologies for the use of the atomic bomb against Japan." He further argued, regarding the validity of the Tribunal, that "the lack of precedent . . . should not be used as an escape hatch for the guilty." The article also discusses the motion submitted by W. G. Furness to have four of the accused military generals tried by court martial rather than an international tribunal.

Tanaka Reveals He Tried to Oust Tojo During War News Article

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Reports on the testimony given by Ryukichi Tanaka, ex-Major General and Chief of the Military Service Bureau of the War Ministry, regarding his conflicting opinions with Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. Tanaka also states that he had asked Shigenori Togo to lead a political movement to oust Tojo. This article covers the third day of Tanaka's testimony on the witness stand. He went into detail on the reasons that led to his resignation, including his belief in "Japan's inadequate war preparedness, friction between the Army and Navy and fear of subordinate officers to report to their superiors of the actual preparation conditions." The article discusses the mental and physical state of Tanaka stating that "previous speculation that the defense in its cross-examination would attempt to prove that the prosecution's star witness was mentally unbalanced failed to materialize yesterday morning."

Suggested List of Probable Defendants

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List of possible defendants submitted by the evidence and defendants committee. Contains 34 individuals including: Araki, Doihara, Hashimoto, Hirota, Hoshino, Itagaki, Kido, Matsui, Matsuoka, Nagano, Oikawa, Oshima, Shigemitsu, Shimada, Shiratori, Suzuki, Togo, Tojo, Umezu, Minami, Arita, Nakamura, Hiranuma, Koiso, Muto, Masaki, Hata, Stahmer, Ott, Uemura, Kimura, Sato, and Tsukada.

Three Defendants Named as Plotters for Manchu Grab News Article

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Reports on the testimony given by Major-General Ryukichi Tanaka where he asserted that Col. Kuwamoto was "directly responsible for the assassination of Marshal Chang Tso-lin." He also accused Kingoro Hashimoto, Seishiro Itagaki, and Okawa Shumei (along with three others) as "having been elements backing the occupation of Manchuria." Tanaka was questioned by Edwin B. Sackett. Further testimony given by Tanaka discusses the military actions and occupation of Manchuria. Other evidence entered during the day's proceedings included Kingoro Hashimoto's book "The Road to World Reconstruction."

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