We’re starting a look into how an Indian lawyer and judge from a relatively obscure background became a focal point of right-wing Japanese nationalism. Who was Radhabinod Pal, how did he end up a judge in the Tokyo Trials, and what led him to claim that there were no grounds to convict Japan’s leaders of any crime after World War II?
This week, we discuss the course of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials and their legacy in Japan. How did they…
This week, we’ll begin a discussion of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, better known as the Tokyo…
This week’s episode is an overview of the Allied Occupation of Japan. In just seven years (1945-1952), the Allies undertook…