Tokyo Trials

The Tokyo Trials, also known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, began in 1946. The Tribunals lasted for two and a half years and can be compared to the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. 28 Japanese political and military leaders and over 5,700 nationals were put on trial. Eleven Allied countries each sent a judge to the proceedings and the chief prosecutor was American politician Joseph Keenan. Controversially, the Japanese leader, Emperor Hirohito, was not put on trial.