International Military Tribunal for the Far East

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ad hoc international criminal tribunal international military tribunal war crimes court

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East was the Allied-led post–World War II war crimes court in Tokyo that prosecuted Japanese leaders for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed across Asia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal 3
Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East 1
Soviet military tribunal 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ad hoc international criminal tribunal ⓘ
international military tribunal ⓘ
war crimes court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tokyo Trial ⓘ
Tokyo Trial ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo War Crimes Trial

International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
chiefProsecutor Joseph B. Keenan ⓘ
chiefProsecutorFrom United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
conflictContext World War II ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
createdDuring Allied occupation of Japan ⓘ
dateClosed 1948-11-12 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1946-01-19 ⓘ
dateOpened 1946-04-29 ⓘ
defendantType Japanese government officials ⓘ
Japanese military leaders ⓘ
Japanese political leaders ⓘ
establishedBy Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers

Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
headquarters Ichigaya Court, Tokyo ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II ⓘ
judgeFrom Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
France ⓘ
India ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
jurisdictionArea Asia ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
other Allied languages ⓘ
legalBasis Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
General Order No. 1 ⓘ
surface form: Special Proclamation by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Tokyo ⓘ
location Tokyo ⓘ
mandate prosecute Japanese leaders responsible for aggressive war in Asia ⓘ
prosecute Japanese leaders responsible for crimes against humanity in Asia ⓘ
prosecute Japanese leaders responsible for war crimes in Asia ⓘ
notableDefendant Heitaro Kimura ⓘ
Hideki Tojo ⓘ
Iwane Matsui ⓘ
Koki Hirota ⓘ
numberAcquitted 0 ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 28 ⓘ
numberOfJudges 11 ⓘ
numberSentencedToDeath 7 ⓘ
numberSentencedToLifeImprisonment 16 ⓘ
oversightBy Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
parallelTo Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
presidingJudge William Webb ⓘ
presidingJudgeFrom Australia ⓘ
successorInfluenceOn development of international criminal law ⓘ
triedFor crimes against humanity ⓘ
crimes against peace ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Military Tribunal for the Far East → alsoKnownAs → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
Legal Section → appliesToJurisdiction → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Hata Shunroku → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Hideki Tojo → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Itagaki Seishirō → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Mamoru Shigemitsu → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Matsui Iwane → convictedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Allied occupation of Japan → includedEvent → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
IMT Charter → influenced → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Showa era → majorEvent → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
subject surface form: Shōwa era
this entity surface form: Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
SCAP → oversawWarCrimesTrials → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal → relatedTo → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Iwane Matsui → trial → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Nanjing Massacre → triedAt → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Yoshijiro Umezu → triedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Sugamo Prison → usedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Osami Nagano → wasTriedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
Otozō Yamada → wasTriedBy → International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet military tribunal