Press - Post-War

Reports on the charges brought against Prince Norimasa Nashimoto, aged 71, who "described himself as a field marshal without a command, a prince without influence, and a Shinto ritualist with little to do." He was the "first member of the Japanese imperial household named as a suspected war criminal." Also reports on the response of Ryochi Sasakawa, former president of the Kokusai Domei political association, upon hearing that he was named as a war criminal.

Reports on the opinion of Dr. Donald Taft, "a sociologist on the faculty of the University of Illinois." He wrote in the American Sociological Review that punishing the Japanese and German war criminals likely "will increase the probability of World War III." Gives his reasoning behind his prediction.

Reports on the end of Toshio Takeshita's trial (along with 4 co-defendants: Sadao Watanabe, Eiji Asari, Shigeru Nishioka, and Yoshimi Hirano) including his sentencing in spite of a last ditch effort to blame everything on Hideki Tojo.

Reports on the sentencing of Yasushi Kimura, "former civilian guard at Omori PW camp," by the Eighth Army Headquarters in Yokohama for atrocities committed against prisoners of war. Also reports that Lt. General Robert L. Eichelberger, "Commanding General of the Eighth Army" approved the sentences of Tyunosuke Kimura, Buichi Omori, Yoshinari Minemoto, and Tokuichi Ichiba.

Reports on the testimony of Col. Kanaway Sakaba who told the Yokohama commission that the Japanese prisoners of war camps did not follow the guidelines established by the Geneva Convention.