The Tokyo Trial Explained

The Tokyo Trial saw the end of the Japanese Empire’s brutal regime. But yet it’s barely mentioned in history. Today I seek to change that.
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Unit 731 Testimonies: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_73...
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Analysis of the fairness of the Tokyo Trial: www.legal-tools.org/doc/fa649...

[@CreamTheEverythingFixer]

7:59 *Slaps top of head* "This bad boy can commit so many war crimes"

[@whodoobucrew2960]

Tojos reaction is pretty great

[@brasilballs]

@@whodoobucrew2960 he's like "what where"

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@philippinecircularflag2023 Your name is "Philippine Nationalist" I'm honestly surprised you had the restraint to omit the 'P'.

[@philippinecircularflag2023]

Fuzzy Dunlop it’s for comedic effect

[@samuraijackoff5354]

I admire this man just for that.

[@Someone89a]

Japan: I object! The Philippines lawyer is biased! He suffered at the hands of our war crimes! Japan: oh shit wait, no...

[@pepsi6557]

lol

[@MAnuscript421]

Yeah, they shot themselves in the foot with that statement.

[@blauwbeer556]

They make a fair point, but shot themselves in the process.

[@isaaclai1636]

Kamikaze by words

[@neansath]

I imagine one of the lawyers saying "I rest my case."

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

That guy who was released from prison only after 5 years due to ill-health but then lived for 24 more years... Sneak 100

[@mikehuber9169]

Can't wrap my head around that either... Wondering if " ill health " was like an ingrown toenail or a bad case of athlete's foot! Lol

[@wanhedah2160]

mike huber it was a form of brain cancer I think

[@renatatostada3318]

Illusion 100

[@FreeManFreeThought]

@ALSO-RAN ! That's the problem with cancer, it's unpredictable; even now with everything that we know. Take my mom's dad, he has colon cancer, was expected to live for 6 months, then the cancer just stabilised, and he is likely to die of natural causes before the cancer becomes deadly. It happens, and that is with modern diagnostics in a modern canadian clinic, not a prison doctor in japan in 1950.

[@FreeManFreeThought]

@ALSO-RAN ! Why would you want to sue? The reason that you can't is that most nations have some form of good samaritan law, you cannot sue someone for trying to do the best that they can. There is only a possible case if someone involved willfully caused harm or in cases of egregious negligence. Plus if doctors were under threat of lawsuit, they would never try anything new and medicine would get stuck or severely hampered.

[@MAVJ]

"What we did in Nanking was like an older brother punishing his annoying younger brother" makes sense, when my brother annoys me my first instinct is to use his babies as bayonet practice too.

[@sbevexlr848]

And then kill em

[@blauwbeer556]

wait what? i thought they raped them?

[@donderstorm1845]

@@blauwbeer556 what

[@blauwbeer556]

@@donderstorm1845 aight I did my research, they did a lot more than just rape three hundred thousand people. If you want to know more... just look it up, there's got to be a video out there that explains it.

[@donderstorm1845]

@@blauwbeer556 yes i've read about it. don't want to again, too depressing.

[@ReTheMi]

Japan has a funny interpretation of “life imprisonment”

[@Warsie]

when Japan was made sovereign again they removed the imprisonments

[@Esgarpen]

You should see Sweden, where "life imprisonment" roughly equals 20 years maximum. But you are normally released within the first 50% of your time serving (based off your behaviour). So 7 years is what you can expect if you get such a sentence here :) The difference is ofcourse, the level of crime. *Litteral war atrocities* vs some random gang violence .... pretty much

[@emfbrother]

I mean if its to satisfy some fat pigs across the pond youll agree to whatever they want. Fuck the US and its imperialist beliefs. Japan legit was just doing what they were taught. By westerners.

[@emusaurus]

Same with australia

[@screamingseal4805]

@@emfbrother American and the French didn’t bayonet baby’s

[@shwattzfredrick2920]

Japan: "Life Imprisonment" *7 years later* Japan: "you good homie"

[@89moonboy]

and become president of a major government subsisted company.

[@samuraijackoff5354]

I mean, you get scrutinized and looked down on everyone as not human for the rest of your life even if innocent.

[@orangutank626]

Kinda pissed me off tbh, how dense can they be to allow them parole hearing after the atrocities at Nanking

[@yoga5631]

I think it's because at that point was the high of the red scare so they released some of them as some sort of a way to prevent communism to spread to Japan?

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

@Uncle Ho I think that the idea of the "right" and "wrong" is one of the reasons these things keep happening. Whenever someone does a war crime they always just play the "that had to be done" card. The worst part is how the people buy into this stuff.

[@edgelordofhosts]

So a man who opposed war and advocated for peace dies in prison meanwhile a man who committed war crimes ends up as minister of justice... I can't even.

[@scl1332]

Committed war crimes number one

[@Vsjdjdbajsnehevsjalfkghshakakd]

@@JK-oq9cl He made sure that Japan was fully funded and stocked for the war. He helped facillitate the attrocities that occured, and did not step down or do anything to stop it, despite having the power to do so.

[@drcommondrate12]

CrispyPie He was the chief of command of Unit 731. Ishii was just a warden but doesn’t matter since Ishii also had the immunity.

[@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600]

@tim M they just found a new source of energy jk

[@Bitzy]

SilentwarH They joined from the order of higher authority and didn’t have the power to stop it

[@mdandrews]

It is funny to imagine the lawyers arguing for Japan by saying the western world did the same thing in Asia were the American lawyers and the American judges just looking like “John, what the hell are you doing? Don’t do your job THIS good!”

[@zoltannemeth8195]

Like Jim Donnovan defending a Soviet spy

[@hawkeyeten2450]

That must have been an awkward issue with the Germans as well, you can't really charge them for mass bombing cities when British, American and even briefly French airmen were doing the same thing. Fire bombs and other explosives were hurled all over the urban landscapes. War is the closest thing to hell on earth.

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

I feel a strong anger at you who justify the unjustified trials in the United States.Although it is permitted by international law to wage war, you have punished them as war criminals.

[@osleem7845]

@はっさむ！！ don't disgrace Japan with this BS

[@ahmedakhan1]

@@Mesugaki_Channel You are absolutely right! You should read the dissenting opinion of Justice Radhabinod Pal! According to him the worst crime of the war was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki! Incidentally, Pal was the only justice who was an expert in international law at the Trial! It was victor's "justice!"

[@aldiy1707]

Imagine being the doctor that revived Tojo just to see him get hanged anyway.

[@zacharytaylor3178]

They basically revived him so they could kill him instead of him killing himself. Case in point: Imagine how much more proud the Russians would be today if a Soviet solider found and shot Hitler dead instead of Hitler taking his own life. It’s almost like a “flex” thing for countries

[@not2hot99]

@@zacharytaylor3178 not even for a country, i myself would be very happy if i could personally shoot Hitler

[@dhammamanud2764]

I'm getting paid right?

[@fuckugplus]

They will die under LAW of man. Yes they will resurrect dead row immate.

[@srinivarma1320]

@@dhammamanud2764 Then again, the doctor gets to see Tojo get hanged twice

[@frederickoftheartic2209]

*Tries to kill himself* *gets revived* *sentenced to death* Tojo:it's like getting what you want but with advanced steps

[@cursedmailman3999]

Exactly except it's the exact opposite of what he wanted. He wanted to off *himself*, rather than being killed

[@caseclosed9342]

Remember, the Japanese considered suicide an honor during WW2 but surrender and execution were dishonorable

[@hansactually7064]

task failed successfully good work

[@Chicxulubs]

@@hansactually7064 Exactly what I said when I heard that 😂

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

I feel a strong anger at you who justify the unjustified trials in the United States.Although it is permitted by international law to wage war, you have punished them as war criminals.

[@drewwbliss2027]

Oprah: You get a parole. You get a parole. YOU ALL GET A PAROLE!

[@HistoryScope]

I would pin this comment if I hadn't already done so with another joke/meme. 2nd best comment by far!

[@scl1332]

Omg that is dark 🤣🤣🤣

[@melonsoda4743]

yeah. japan didn't accept the full consequences

[@attilaedem101]

@Cure4Living On the other hand its was mostly an arbitrary showtrial, as far as im aware Japanenes leaders was put on trial based on treaties which Japan didnt signed at that point (for example Japan didnt signed the Geneva Convention if i know it right, but check me on that). Second, both the Nürnberg and the Tokyo Trials was unprecedented both before and after - and for a good reason, up until that point nobody had the vigor to judge a nation for the same things their commited throughout history. For example, the romanian voivode's did far worst thing than the Japanese ever did in Nanjing (and i didnt want to be disrespectful with them, but its a fact, and unlike the Nanjing massacre Vlad Tepes atrocities was ordered from the highest place possible while he Nanjing one was started with the ordinary soldier and the high ups responsible only for covering it up, not enforcing discipline etc. - and i mentioned only 1 European Monarch from 1 European nation - even the Belgians was not held accountable for what their are done in Kongo for example). Second, allowing the Soviet Union to be judge of such crimes are beyond laughter, the Soviets did the exact same thing and even worst before, during and after WW2 than the Japanese did - including human experiments in prisoners (both political and PoW's). Even if the rest of the world turned a blind eye what the Soviets did, we here in Post-communist Europe didnt. Third, it was de facto the exact opposite of a traditional trial - the defendants was de facto guilty from the get go in the eye of the judges until their proven their innocence. Both trial judged the defendants based on laws which didnt existed up until the trials itself (for example, Crimes against Humanity or the most ridicolous one: Crimes against Peace - the Treaties around Paris and the Treaty of Versailles are count as Crime against Peace for example? Just because my country - Hungary - was didnt had ANY choice left than sooner or later go to war again, simply because the Treaty was a death sentence for an entire nation at that time - just to show what am i talking about: we talking about a nation, which lost 2/3 of its territory, all of its natural resources, surounded by hostile nations which goal was to wipe the remnant of it of the map (and their even made a military and economical alliance with each other to achieve this goal - the so called Small-Entente), putting military restrictions so ridiculous to the point where even Lichtenstein could defeat the army with no sweat (abilizied the army only had sticks to give for the population to fend them self), the ethnic hungarians was prosecuted in the hostile areas for beeing hungarians and the list goes on - making such a scenario is not crime against peace itself for example? And we talking about a SINGLE treaty now, the rest of the is just as ridiculous). Both the Nürnberg and Tokyo Trials are nothing more than a showtrial made to show the rest of the world what happen if someone dare to go against the will of the arbiters of the world and even dare to challenge their dominance (and rebel against their tyranny). Nothing more, nothing less - its nothing have to do with war crimes.

[@aoki6332]

meanwhile at Nuremberg Just killing half of the german gouvernement

[@brunovazquez1]

For those that are wondering on the experiments: “Humans were locked inside pressure chambers to test how much the body could take before their eyes popped out.” “I cut him open from the chest to the stomach, and he screamed terribly, and his face was all twisted in agony. He made this unimaginable sound, he was screaming so horribly. But then finally he stopped.”

[@Ravi9A]

Vile stuff.

[@masterspark9880]

Some of the tests have been described as "psychopathically sadistic, with no conceivable military application". For example, one experiment documented the time it took for three-day-old babies to freeze to death. Naoji Uezono, a member of Unit 731, described in a 1980s interview a grisly scene where Yoshimura had "two naked men put in an area 40-50 degrees below zero and researchers filmed the whole process until [the subjects] died. [The subjects] suffered such agony they were digging their nails into each other's flesh".[60] Yoshimura's lack of remorse was evident in an article he wrote for the Journal Of Japanese Physiology in 1950 in which he admitted to using 20 children and a three-day-old infant in experiments which exposed them to zero-degree-celsius ice and salt water.[61] Although this article drew criticism, Yoshimura denied any guilt when contacted by a reporter from the Mainichi Shimbun.

[@allangibson8494]

@@masterspark9880 For the Japanese Military that was valuable tactical data…

[@ethanchen4504]

@@allangibson8494 My dad's a PhD in genetics and is Chinese. He hated what happened with the Japanese experiments, but he said it leapt science forward about 50+ years.

[@NerguA44]

​@@ethanchen4504Then he was misinformed

[@bulbobaggins]

8:08 imagine getting released by a stroke of luck and the first thing you decide to do is to translate the Quran into Japanese

[@sbevexlr848]

Mind you in fact he translated it 3 times 3 f***ing times

[@Lakhshamana]

Some writings in the internet even said that he's a muslim, but I don't think so.

[@Lakhshamana]

@@sbevexlr848 his translation was the third and at the time the latest. He might not have done the earlier two.

[@sbevexlr848]

@@Lakhshamana Apparently no one before him did it because I read he actually did it 3 times lol, but you could be right

[@abdullahibrahim8938]

That's explains how he got released

[@theknight4317]

Fun fact - Most of them were set free because the U.S needed Japan as a strong ally against the Soviets in the Western Pacific.

[@Nikku4211]

Pfffffffffffft. My country is stupid lol.

[@cloudkitt]

Cynical as it was, it was probably better that way. Notice how much better Japan turned out than Iraq or Afghanistan.

[@R2D2xC10]

@@cloudkitt yeah... Today Japan is much better than Philippines...

[@costinvelicu3534]

@@cloudkitt This is a very bad comparasion degree

[@costinvelicu3534]

Yeah it's called geopolitics. The atomic bombs were originaly meant for Germany but sience Stalin destroyed it faster, they decided to end the war with Japan fast so they can start the war against the Soviets faster, wich didn't helped them at all as the war continues to this day. Also , in the middle east most attempt by the USA to puppet , grrr I mean free the people from tyranical regims , have been a complete disaster. In the end the USA just supplied them with weapons.

[@inkblowout]

So Tojo almost kills himself, they revive him because they didn't want him to escape justice. *Get sentenced to death*

[@CMCSS-to3to]

Well they didn't know he would get death until the end of the trial

[@folderboy]

they don’t want him to kill him sled because they wanted to kill him Themselfs

[@GentlemanBystander]

It does seem a trifle counter-intuitive, doesn't it?

[@CMCSS-to3to]

@@GentlemanBystander in hindsight it would seem

[@leumas_razalas4427]

Tojo: I see this as an absolute win!

[@justarandomsovietofficerwi2023]

7:59 "I like ya cut, G."

[@YaBoi-uo2qt]

🤣

[@mrcolz9373]

90% of the cases: Is given the worst possible prison sentence, because they deserve it **Is also paroled after like 2 seconds**

[@czechmeoutbabe1997]

Can you imagine being sentenced in an international trial and then getting out of jail and becoming the MINISTER OF JUSTICE?

[@eragonshurtugal4239]

Well i mean why not

[@zuccx99]

Power move.

[@christosvoskresye]

"Oui." -- Napoleon Bonaparte

[@asscheeks3212]

Reminds me of FBI, some dudes were criminals charged with disguising as doctors, pilots, and high ranking officials, even when have NO past training or academic fields on any of them, and were caught with stealing thousands.... only to be hired into high positions of the FBI because how good they were out witting the FBI

[@dizizviet]

@@asscheeks3212 That's a little different, those criminals exhibit a high level of expertise in their respective criminal career. Their skills can be used to assist the FBI to catch similar criminals. I don't see how a war criminal can help assist a justice system.

[@matthewmcneany]

Paroled after 6 years...... Paroled after 7 years.... Meanwhile in the US there are more than a couple of states where three non-violent drug offences will get you life without parole.

[@jozefpisudski6952]

In my country no one dictator went to jail anytime.

[@ignaciogonzalez7904]

@@jozefpisudski6952 we have a convicted gun dealer that was president and is now senator, never spent one day on a cell.

[@Dravaek]

@@ignaciogonzalez7904 which person would that be?

[@GentlemanBystander]

I would love you to provide actual examples of this and not some histrionic "muh wur on durgz" horseshit.

[@Koroschiya]

Mao won over America's golden boy Chiang Kai-Shek in 1949 and the Japanese economy reactived thanks to selling scraps to the US army during the Korean war. The US government hired Unit 731's Shiro Ishii for fabricating biological weapons against the Korean civilian population but they still failed at taking the entire peninsule. After the end of the ocupation, America decided Japan was its new ally in democracy on Asia, despite it was and still is an authoritarian state ruled by the same elite from the war. Japan today is basically what would happened to Germany if Churchill applied Operation Unthinkable.

[@MAJ0RTOM]

Interviewer: So you're applying for the minister of justice position. Okinori Kaya: Right Interviewer: Tell again me why you spent 7 years in prison? Okinori: Uh... war crimes Interviewer: You're hired!

[@austinneece7853]

That's Japan baby

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

I feel a strong anger at you who justify the unjustified trials in the United States.Although it is permitted by international law to wage war, you have punished them as war criminals.

[@wdynpn]

It's not that rare, many Japanese soldiers and far-right politician imprisoned in Sugamo prison, many of them become successful man after their release

[@Jaybird_102]

This guy was: -A staunch advocate for peace -Tried to stop war crimes -And Even reported it to his superiors And what did he get: *20 YEARS IN PRISON*

[@theanonymouschicken169]

Tokyo Trial: Life Sentence *Years Later* War Criminals: ight imma head out

[@cortster12]

"United states wanted the research results." lmfao

[@dillon8124]

is that an lmfao moment though... just think about that.

[@cortster12]

@@dillon8124 It's funny because it makes sense.

[@mundylunes7755]

It's quite valuable, helped our modern understanding in medicine.

[@flameknightplayz2939]

@@jyrone3943 He shouldnot have had immunity, the deal should have been he gets less than painful death or something atleast to just pay for the deaths of possible thousands that were used as lab rats.

[@baronvonjo1929]

Shameful

[@goodpol5022]

“The USA wanted the research results so they traded the results for their immunity.“ Uggghhghghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@bingbong7238]

USA: You are guilty of war crimes and will be punished. Nazi Scientist: I can make rockets. USA:

[@piotrtoborek2442]

Fucking Allied hypocrites... Stalin and his comrades should be accused and sentenced as well. They did almost the same shit as japanese. Assholes FRD and Churchill got their hands dirty too and were war criminals as well. WWII was basically world wide gang wars all around the globe, may the guilty parties burn in hell for the eternity...

[@luckisluck]

@@piotrtoborek2442 what did churchill do?

[@piotrtoborek2442]

@@luckisluck 1. He was sovietphile since at last 1938. 2. He created and signed law that made Poland to pay for equipment used by polish soldiers to defend UK in Battle of Britain and other battles too. 3. He pressed polish prime minister to agree with Stalin's Red Army occupying eastern Poland. 4. He used SAS to cover up Soviets' war crimes of Katyn Massacre and used british media to spread Stalin's propaganda about it. 5. He also covered up investigation of the Gibraltar catastrophe in which polish prime minister Sikorski died. MI5 files regarding this incident were classified for 50 years and recently this period was prolonged by another 50 years. 6. He ordered carpet bombing of Dresden in 1945 which is war crime in its own right. 7. Finally when soviet government in occupied Poland after WWII arrested and accused polish war heroes (including Witold Pilecki) of collaboration with Na**s he didn't say a f**king word. Most of these things are from the polish perspective, we could probably find other nations having "complaints" against british gangster as well. Sadly these 2 clowns: Churchill and Roosevelt never got what they deserved when Stalin turned against his wartime lapdogs "allies". They were long gone from the positions of political power and left the soviet problem for upcoming governments.

[@HarrySD]

@@piotrtoborek2442 The bengal famine is something that can be linked to Churchill.

[@BB-pt9hv]

I had an ex who was Filipino, one day he mentioned how his grandmother told them a story about when the Japanese invaded, she mentioned that she could hear the soldiers sexually assaulting the women and how that always stuck with her. Absolutely haunting and disgusting.

[@nikolaszuraff1234]

My mother is from the Philippines. My Filipino grandparents were around when the Japanese occupied. My great aunt was forced to shave her head to avoid sexual violence. My great uncle was unfortunately in the Bataan Death March, and ended up losing a finger for being a scout.

[@svarahorejsi2959]

"Four members of the Allied Council would act as official witnesses, their bodies were cremated ..." Why did they cremate the witnesses?

[@HistoryScope]

Get out! :D

[@robertjarman3703]

Did they cremate them alive?

[@robertjarman3703]

@@whenyoucantfindaname Wrong website, correct intentions.

[@nothisispatrick4644]

@@robertjarman3703 Calm down Satan

[@tago3860]

Goodness I chocked on my tea

[@sjbrooksy45]

My grandfather was an American lawyer who worked for the defense in these trials, but I've never know much about them. Thanks for the info!

[@breadman5048]

what a G

[@flyin4352]

9:00 - 11:00 I hate to admit it but that's a damn good point. The British Empire was just as bloody horrific in it's hay day, France was absolutely not squeaky clean and nobody needs to explain America. We're all f-ing awful. Edit: That does not by any means excuse it, but does any major power have a leg to stand on in this argument? "We're punishing you because you did inhumane things'" (kicks own inhumane actions under the rug)

[@leaalia2394]

The whole world knows this. We're just powerless to do anything about it. Only ignorant Americans (& allies) believe in their own ethical & moral supremacy.

[@koreanbeef28]

I know im late. But imagining being sentenced for killing civilians. Then the United States show up to Japan.

[@54lolman]

Respectfully, while I won’t exactly argue the case of the UK or France. The US did not use the people of the places it conquered for disturbing experiments such as 731 did. Nor did it commit acts such as bayoneting babies.

[@flyin4352]

@@54lolman I was speaking in broad terms about terrible things various governments had done or sanctioned rather than specifically the ones about WW2 or human experimentation, but yes I will admit that while the US does like to interfeer with other countries it doesn't usually experiment on them

[@ahmedakhan1]

@@54lolman Of course the US bayonetted babies, or don't you know the horrible atrocities committed by the soldiers of the 23rd (Americal) Division of the US Army in 1968 in the village of My Lai, Vietnam? For which, incidentally, no one was ever tried with the exception of the company commander Lieutenant William Calley, sentenced to 20 years and pardoned after six months of house arrest! More then six hundred Vietnamese women and children were murdered in My Lai! You should read Nick Turse's book, "Kill Anything that Moves," to know about the thousands of atrocities committed by US military personnel in Vietnam, most of which remained unpunished! There were also many "medical" experiments carried out by the US medical personnel over the course of the years on African Americans and indigenous people, the most notorious is the Tuskegee Syphillis Study! According to Justice Radhabinod Pal of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, the worst war crime of the Second World War was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US!

[@TheSwiftie467]

Imagine that. Escape trial by showing up in pyjamas and slapping someone.

[@eliasihalainen2572]

I wonder if he did it on purpose, to not get charged??

[@TheSwiftie467]

ElkkuGamer 360 well yeah, obviously he did. All I was saying was imagine if it were that easy lol.

[@orangutank626]

Probably wrote a book about it tbh, never published it due to being prosecuted again

[@HistoryScope]

@@TheSwiftie467 It wasn't just that easy. There was a medical and psychological analysis of him, both of which concluded that he was indeed suffering from a mental illness. But again: whether he faked it, or was sick but was still smart enough to realise he could use that to his advantage, remains unknown.

[@eksibaklava1434]

Grubnar ok islamophobe

[@anthonyvillanueva5226]

Why didn't they just take away their firebending

[@sjsbviufvibwvuspi]

The avatar is still missing ffs

[@jansalomin]

Yes

[@senorclown9882]

fr 🤨🤨

[@BEEqq3]

Because we fire bended them so hard two city's disappeared

[@erlindaalba1682]

I originally thought the fire nation was china not japan lol.

[@dgam4211]

"from then on any arrests would to be accompanied by medical professionals, so no war criminal could escape death sentence by hiding in death"

[@nicolo2428]

it's one of the best (or the best?) documentary about this topic ever heard. Concise, full of important info and also very clear. Thanks for that. I subscribed your channel

[@notbadsince97]

I've noticed a bit of a trend. Most where sentenced to life in prison served 5 to 10 years and then paroled.

[@ThomasTHEONEANDONLY]

Illya Lypyak Hideki Tōjō was only one of the few executed.

[@silenthunteruk]

Health grounds might have been a factor. No-one wants to look after an incontinent war criminal.

[@matthewbeach6963]

America released them because they wanted to Japan a ally against the Sovit union. And the Japanese people didn't see them as criminals.

[@samad4079]

all where

[@crazeelazee7524]

Which just so happens to coincide with the Korean war.

[@paulgering7703]

*gets sentenced to death* *paroled* *becomes minister of justice* Improvise, adapt, overcome.

[@maplesyrup6529]

Not death, 20 years in prison

[@winchesterchua7600]

You are bad guy, but this does not mean you are bad guy.

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

I feel a strong anger at you who justify the unjustified trials in the United States.Although it is permitted by international law to wage war, you have punished them as war criminals.

[@vinteb7987]

@@Mesugaki_Channel Huh? How is it legal to wage an offensive war?

[@j100j]

Advocate against war before and during it and inform your superiors about war crimes that have been done to prevent them Get sentemced to prison anyway Die in prison

[@davisglanton9871]

Found this channel the other day through the Aztec video. Just wanted to say this channel is awesome and super underrated

[@Regrettable-Username]

One thing I love about the internet is that I get to learn about all the stuff I probably glossed over when I was in school. Like I'm 30. *30* and this is the first time I'm learning about all of this! I always wondered why Japan wasn't included in the other trails, it seemed like such a miscarriage of justice, but now that it's laid out things make total sense. Gained a subscriber. Can't wait to learn more stuff!

[@khalee95]

Japan: Research for immunity? USA: Deal!

[@emil5111]

honestly you would have to be an idiot not to take that deal

[@franciscos.3671]

Americans always using all means necessary to their "good". Imagine America losing the war, I think more american politics would be killed.

[@dharmdevil]

@@franciscos.3671 oh you realize that now kid? welcome to this fucked up world. there are no super heroes here, all are wolves wearing sheepskin. imagine all the atrocities western powers did during colonial times, much mich worse than the few short years of WW2.

[@advocacies]

@@dharmdevil but hey you still have Pink Guy

[@sorcierenoire8651]

@@dharmdevil thats the thing tho, those short few years of ww2 surpassed the atrocities of Western Countries' hundred years of colonization probably shocking the whole world. How could a nation rape, plunder, and kill thousands if not millions of innocent people in just a span of 4-6 years?

[@Ksavputin]

I like how Shigonori Togo (18:25) was pretty much the only man who advocated peace and, as video says, tried to do something to stop it, yet still got punished more severely than some of the people who prepared Japan to war or actual war criminals. Did I miss something? It sounds really odd to be honest.

[@HistoryScope]

Most of these guys got a shorter sentence than many pettty criminals get... Everything about this trial was very odd

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

Yusukuni shrine- where class a war criminals remembered as heroes

[@iLastStar]

@@HistoryScope do you know why he got 20 years versus the rest? Was his position higher than the rest?

[@laurakastrup]

@@iLastStar Well yes. He was the minister of foreign affairs and the minister of colonial affairs after Japan annexed nations. It stands to assume that he could have broken the chain of command and have prevented some of the atrocities.

[@therealmp40]

@@laurakastrup how

[@pauldodson2018]

Dear History Scope, Thank you for this very succinct video. You saved me from having to read 15 history books. Excellent video.-Paul

[@urospaunic3809]

I enjoy videos like this, precise, quick, and rich with information. Keep making them please.

[@Mia-kk3sm]

people sit in jail longer for weed.

[@asgerdanielsen567]

Aint the world a wonderful place?

[@jeyolikemayo]

Weed is more evil than murder in these parts of Asia. Or just Asia in general.

[@luckisluck]

@@jeyolikemayo it did destroy 5 economy, 3 dynasty in 1000 years.

[@yeagmatic]

Lol

[@snikerz5886]

@@luckisluck if you believe that then I have a bridge to sell you.

[@powersettingsm7172]

leads an army into china and massacres millions. Later sentenced to life imprisonment........ Then got out 2 years later because of parole.

[@StAngerNo1]

I agree with you, but on the other hand allied committed warcrimes for which they were never sentenced. Worst of all allies were the soviets, but the americans also commited atrocities, that noone talks about. First there we have the targeted carpet bombing of civilians an cultural heritage, for example they bombed Wuerzburg to ashes because over their actual target, an industrial district in the nearby town of Schweinfurt, were clouds, and they didn't want to go back home with the bombs, so they just dumped them on Wuerzburg, which was not only a purely civil target, but also one of the architecturally and culturally richest cities in germany. But there are also many cases of american soldiers raping german women, and in Offingen for example american troops entered a military hospital and shot all the wounded soldiers in their beds. The last two might not have been ordered/authorized by the high command, but nevertheless noone has ever been punished for these.

[@Somewhat-Evil]

The sad tragic Irony: Those Japanese invaders were taking jobs away from native Warlords, Nationalist, and Communist factions! Regrettably China was ready and willing to massacre millions of Chinese. After WW2 the killing continued on.

[@guanbrandon7700]

@@StAngerNo1 Thing is, that fact does not rationalized the attrocities commited by the Japanese army though :/ I mean it is unjustified in its own respect, but is a completely seperate issue entirely. Though it is frustrating that not all who were guilty were trialed, the allies did win the war, and as as how Mr Churchill stated the frustrating fact, "history is written by the victors."

[@StAngerNo1]

@@guanbrandon7700 Yeah I don't disagree with you. My point was that it is not uncommon that crimials of war get off much more mildly than they should. Usually people only think about the ones that get too mild punishments, but often forget those who never had to face a trial although having committed a war crime.

[@YakuzaSRC]

@@guanbrandon7700 Churchill's quote is right, but I guess he expressed with any frustration. If at all, he must have been enthralled when he said it. If we stay making a list of the atrocities perpetuated by him, the list will exceed that of all war criminals till date.

[@churlishchurch4223]

Court “You told people bad stuff was happening, and repeatedly tried to go against it. 20 YEARS!” Same court “You directly committed it? 7 years, mistakes happen bro.”

[@MikeB-rb7nk]

Great videos. They are very enjoyable and descriptive! Your English is excellent as well. Thanks for creating these videos, the information is detailed and interesting.

[@ElUniversoconMomoOficial]

0:28 "Open the country. Stop having it be closed"

[@HistoryScope]

@Ashvin Vaidyanathan I don't think you have enough stamina for that task

[@foxtrothermite6499]

@@HistoryScope oh damn u burned him badly

[@spicyleaves8876]

History Scope that’s just harsh lmao

[@HistoryScope]

I completely forgot I made this joke. Your comment made me read it again. I really like this joke actually xD

[@spicyleaves8876]

History Scope lmao

[@giantWario]

I'm simultaneously angry that so many of those who got life sentence were released so soon after and angry that the one guy who was proven to have tried to prevent wars and atrocities was convicted anyway. Sure he had a much lighter sentence then the others but that really sends a bad message. He could have just resigned? And then what, the wars and atrocities would have just magically stopped? No someone else who wasn't trying to prevent wars and atrocities would have replaced him, how could him resigning help anyone at all?

[@giantWario]

@DBR Liamg Him trying to prevent the war and atrocity proves he was against them, he doesn't need to resign to prove that. Also you are utterly disconnected from reality if you seriously think whoever would have replaced him woudn't have been a yes man who would have agreed with his superior's policy. This is such a childish way of looking at things. Resigning doesn't help anyone or prove anything other then the fact that you no longer wish to actually try to help. You're just shirking your responsabilities because its too hard for you.

[@nickjack1696]

Not to mention that many of them went back into politics, including the guy who became the Minister of Justice

[@davidhanna9003]

He could have used his authority for good like Schindler.

[@robertharris6092]

@DBR Liamg but if he resigns they'll just put someone that will happily do it in his place...

[@philipthehandsomeandgood9316]

This made me extremely angry too, even if you may have not fought "hard enough" if you resign then you forfeit the power that you have to continuously try to stop those crimes from happening.

[@wonderstruck.]

2:43 Love the historically accurate flags. Attention to little details like this speaks to a video’s quality.

[@gunviolence.6789]

"hmm lets see, he did do human experiments that would make a sewer rat vomit, but the research results tho, fine he can go" "HM what's that? Tried to stop the war on many occasions and attempted to hinder and inform his superiors of the war crimes? WELL HE DID NOT DO ENOUGH, 20 YEARS."

[@stevenunigod47]

😂😂😂😂

[@jagerbombasstic]

Paroled due to poor health after 6 years... lived 20 more years. Seems legit

[@deanregal5528]

"Although publicly silent on the issue at the Tokyo Trials, the Soviet Union pursued the case and prosecuted twelve top military leaders and scientists from Unit 731 and its affiliated biological-war prisons Unit 1644 in Nanjing, and Unit 100 in Changchun, in the Khabarovsk War Crime Trials. Included among those prosecuted for war crimes, including germ warfare, was General Otozō Yamada, the commander-in-chief of the million-man Kwantung Army occupying Manchuria." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khabarovsk_War_Crime_Trials

[@SusCalvin]

There's a lot of these local trials around the region. Japanese war criminals that aren't high-profile get dumped on smaller local courts who handle a large bulk of cases.

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

I feel a strong anger at you who justify the unjustified trials in the United States.Although it is permitted by international law to wage war, you have punished them as war criminals.

[@shadestrider1033]

The ones who had the second worst war crimes of the war being punished by the ones who had the third worst crimes of the war. (No, the Soviet Union was way worse than Croatia, in my opinion anyways.) I’m not sure whether this is Justice or hypocrisy.

[@Discussors]

@@shadestrider1033 its justice. Youre a hypocrite

[@Dragoncam13]

​@@Discussorshe still had a point

[@nolenhallman6968]

As a hobbyist historian, who has seen so many of this photos and videos from WWII and other major and minor events, in great detail, with accounts and testimonials, I greatly respect that instead of showing people these things in these videos, you give a well deserved warning about the horror in this information and leave it up to the individual to choose. Cheers mate!

[@keke9955]

My great grandfather actually served during this war and he showed me a copy of the surrender. Fragile paper but it’s definitely something he said I can have when his time is up.

[@HistoryHustle]

Very interesting sequel of a classic episode! Well explained and great visuals. The Japanese scientists who conducted the gruesome experiments in Unit 731 were granted amnesty by the US on the condition that they would hand over their research material...

[@DeadlycheesePeople]

History Hustle and to think, we were the GOOD guys!

[@dillon8124]

@@DeadlycheesePeople we weren't, there are no "good guys" in war, under no circumstances can you say that anyone is a good guy, every nation involved either did something horrible or responded horribly.

[@asdg199]

@@dillon8124 Not all nations were equally barbaric however

[@dillon8124]

@@asdg199 I'm sure they weren't I never said they were equally barbaric I just said that the term "good guys" was inappropriate to describe anyone there, being better than someone else doesn't make you a good guy is my point all it does is make you not the worst which, in this case, is a very low bar

[@martiddy]

There's no "winner" in a war. The moment the war has begun, every nation involved has already lost.

[@IronCandyNotes]

Imagine Star Wars episode 6 but the emperor gets to go free and live in his palace on Coruscant.

[@basedtvrk9125]

@Iron Candy You just gave me a good GMod Imperial RP idea.

[@seafoxx777]

This is so tone deaf.

[@IronCandyNotes]

@@seafoxx777 What? Why?

[@s0so328]

@Marechal Zolotoy they should’ve get I’m rid of the monarch. One of the major propaganda machine during the war was a personality cult around the emperor where even when Japanese soldiers commit suicide or charge into battle they would yell “love live the emperor”. And the monarch was responsible for the leadership and political leading up to the war

[@Sumschmuck]

and then thrawn slaps darth vader on the helmet

[@Touchme1u]

It's kinda interesting that the imperial family survived the same way they've survived for centuries. By being useful as puppets.

[@henrik2540]

Super interesting video! In the beginning a few more dates/years would have been helpful. A bit confusing otherwise to understand the jumps from 1845 to past Nuremberg Trials.

[@gustavosilveira691]

I was actually getting convinced by the defence arguments, but then i remembered the tales of the atrocities commited by the japanese in basically all the battles they were in

[@JamesTan0360]

That is because they changed the premise of the offences they were accused of. Instead of focusing on the atrocities they committed in war, they manipulated their rhetoric to focus instead on the reasons for the outbreak of war instead. Even if it were true that the outbreak of war was caused in chief by external factors, that does not pardon them for the war crimes they committed in the duration of the war.

[@user-uq3um5nq7d]

@@JamesTan0360 yeah, being forced to raid other regions to get more resources to keep up is not the same as doing bad stuff beside it

[@HypercopeEmia]

@@JamesTan0360 well i think it would be a good argument for crimes against peace (starting an agressive war) not war crimes (atrocoties)

[@JamesTan0360]

@@HypercopeEmia Exactly. However, what they were supposed to defend was not their declaration of an aggressive war, but the acts of atrocities they committed during that war.

[@kidd32888]

I think China and other countries would not agree with Japanese defense

[@soundwavegamer2321]

After Tojo was revived by a field medic the medic told Tojo through a translator “I didn’t save you out of the kindness of my heart it was because you still need to answer to the living!” (I’m going off of memory so it maybe a bit off)

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

I feel a strong anger at you who justify the unjustified trials in the United States.Although it is permitted by international law to wage war, you have punished them as war criminals.

[@soundwavegamer2321]

@@Mesugaki_Channelhow did I do that?

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

@@soundwavegamer2321 Don't feed the troll, just report them.

[@libertyaboveall5960]

What pisses me off the most is the guy behind Unit 731 got off with zero consequences and he deserved to be put through every vile thing he did to tens of thousands of people

[@zakattack8624]

I recall as a young child (around 6 or 8) being told by my father in detail some of the experiments conducted by Shiro Ishii. Mostly stuff like how they would keep them in cells and amputate people alive, sew in animal parts on them, shooting parts of their body, injecting them with disease, etc. And I remember having dreams as a kid, like sadistic dreams, where I would harm animals or people. I really wonder how much influence my father had in me as a kid for developing these fucked up ideas in me as a child still in elementary. I'm glad I didn't turn out to be a serial killer...

[@cancanjaker1620]

Why will your father tell that to a child?

[@mrduck1490]

Man you're lucky, I clicked on a lewd website by mistake when I was 9, and now I'm "a way too excited man" 24/7.

[@KevinSorbo.]

Don't worry you still got plenty of time to make daddy proud

[@thefantorangster2491]

Wtf is the point of giving life sentences if you’re gonna release them on parole after 4 years or ill health and then they live 25 years free.

[@orangutank626]

The Fantorangster well, America wanted Japan to be on their side during the cold war so their like “hey yall, remember the tribunal we had not so long ago? Well if you guys will tell us who you thought wasnt a bad guy let us know and set them free”

[@Jacob-ge1py]

The prosecutions themselves served no real purpose and they knew it, it was more about setting precedent and making a show of things but it was never really going to make much of a diference as Japan was simply defeated, they would not commit more crimes even if they wanted to and with so many people sure to get off scot free no matter what, it was more about prosecuting Japan as a country than the individual people. Once all this was done and a few years had passed for good measure, it really made no difference what happened to these people.

[@MrGiygas1]

Can you do the international court cases against the war criminals of the Bosnian Genocide?

[@HistoryScope]

Perhaps.

[@budthespud8280]

History Scope nah bro ur good that shit so annoying and wack probably lose subscribers that conflict is so annoying and complicated there is no way you could get it right but you do you bro I just wouldn’t but if you do ur home work and realize all three sides crimes don’t play into the bosniak narrative that they did nothing and everyone was killing them. But you’ll fall into into the general narrative because you all usually do 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@budthespud8280]

GenPone LOL while he’s at it can he also bring up the massacre committed by Naser oric in bratunac and multiple Serbian villages and the invitation of the bosniak muslim government of foreign Islamic extremists aka (Mujahideen) who committed multiple crimes against the Croat and Serb population ?? bet y’all won’t talk about that

[@kooperthewhale1504]

Bud the spud oh just shut up

[@thebosnian4190]

*posion drinking intensifies*

[@vlvt-things]

love these videos, educational and easy to understand

[@bibekghatak5860]

Very very brilliantly made .So educative and informative .

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

I feel a strong anger at you who justify the unjustified trials in the United States.Although it is permitted by international law to wage war, you have punished them as war criminals.

[@Cyberfoxxy]

"You didn't do enough" He'd probably be sentenced to death for stepping down.

[@shannonfick7170]

That’s heartbreaking.. like, yes, absolutely form a NEUTRAL counsel to decide whether or not they’re guilty, but at least try to see it from his perspective. If someone is actively advocating for peace but is forced to hold office under threat of death during wartime, maybe cut him a little slack

[@cleveland2286]

@@shannonfick7170 He did a lot more than just not stepping down, he is not an innocent man. He aided in preparing Japan for the war and facilitating the atrocities committed during the war. He had the power to stop it, yet he did not.

[@yzfr6jr.609]

@@cleveland2286 but should the man have stepped down? If he kept his position he could aid in hindering the war from breaking out and the atrocities made during it. If he stepped down, another man, a lesser man who wanted war could've taken his place and made everything much worse.

[@cleveland2286]

@@yzfr6jr.609 The Japanese Empire had been shooting themselves in the foot for the past 50 years, little a warmonger could do to fix any of their problems.

[@yzfr6jr.609]

@@cleveland2286 totally agree but the situation could've ended differently if the right politician made the right executive decisions towards peace.

[@azazel166]

Just for clarity's sake, even the Nazis themselves were horrified from what the Japanese did at Nanking.

[@TheDonner000]

@@pizzaplanettruck9761 Indeed. Western Europe and German troops were known to respect each other and treat each other ok when they became POWs. Even senior soviet soldiers were honourable. It is told that the strike group that entered berlin warned civilians of the younger soldiers that were coming after them. Unlike the honourable seniors, these were either conscripts or enlisted personnel from eastern europe who were enraged by the atrocities performed by Germans and were ready for revenge. Apparently, these were the soviet soldiers who were known to be the rapists. In war, honour is the only thing left. If you loose honour, it is not a war anymore.

[@tsukuyomi2522]

@@TheDonner000 But wasn't Eastern Europe fighting alongside Germany?

[@scvboy1]

@@TheDonner000 What do you mean? The Germans were just as bad in Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine.

[@Elenrai]

@@tsukuyomi2522 It was a bit "grey", Polish people were torn because they just wanted their nation back, Ukranians were sick of being starved by Stalin, and then you had a lot of baltic people wanting independence too, even Denmark fought with Germany on the eastern front but nearly all of germanys smaller allies were just "going along for the ride" while we really just wanted independence and peace,

[@Intreductor]

@@tsukuyomi2522 countries like Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary were fighting for and with the Germans but it was because Germany at the time was the greatest power in Europe and promised them territory if they allied themselves. They had little choice anyway, resist and end up like Poland and Yugoslavia or join them. Western help wasn't a guarantee as GB and France promised to help Poland but we see where that ended. It is also important to note that Bulgaria refused to implement the German anti-jew policies. Primarily they all joined Germany pretty much because they had no choice.

[@thechosenone1533]

@17:15 Gets life in prison,gets released due to ill health five years later. Lives for 24 more years. Sneak level 100.

[@dhartimaadam8477]

great video! keep going

[@ryamano]

There were some other trials. Tokoyuki Yamashita, the " tiger of Malaya" who had conquered Singapore, was tried in Manila in 1945. His trial is important because it created the Yamashita standard of command responsibility, which says that a commander is responsible for war crimes committed by his troops even if he doesn't know about them. What matters is how much effort he did to know about them. So a general can be tried for war crimes his troops committed even though he didn't give orders or knew about it, the matter is he "should have known" about it.

[@j100j]

Step 1: get into japan's military Step 2: use chemical weapons on self Step 3: success?

[@AStoryteller-for-fun]

That is the most stupid way of trying someone especially looking into the Japanese politcal structure

[@humbleopionist4366]

@@AStoryteller-for-fun well how else were they supposed to do it mr smart?

[@spartanRS1]

No seppuku for the leaders, it seems.

[@grim3646]

Didn't even give them the honor lol

[@scl1332]

No seppuku u get actual execution

[@foxtrothermite6499]

Scared of them doing a banzai charge on the guards with the blades

[@terminallove3531]

@@scl1332 Unless I'm mistaken,only the Emperor could sentence someone to Seppuku.

[@scl1332]

@Terrminal Love ya the emperor could order a Seppaku but I don’t think they needed direct orders to do so

[@eliseomartinez7911]

I agree with the defense on this that the Japanese needed to fight a war to survive but the atrocities should’ve still definitely been prosecuted

[@pettttson]

Enjoyed this video!

[@donaldotrumpu2069]

"Minister of justice after being convicted of warcrimes" your voice slipt there and the Emotions could be heard, i feel ya this is unacceptebale

[@theEtch]

"first name first, last name last." thanks, very useful.

[@GeekOverdose]

"you may not escape your punishment by dying" *punishment is death*

[@NitroDragon]

One of the many things that unit 731 did was the vivisection (Living dissection) on conscious victims as young as 9 years old using no medication. The people involved felt no remorse to their death beds and were not punished what so ever. Saying when asked that they would do it again all the same.

[@kaanana]

America: such atrocities many victims Also America: gimme these research papers and you shall be forgiven

[@sayedhusson3876]

so true

[@vaith833]

This is such an underrated channel

[@nosferatuoddz7974]

And is for a good reason

[@HistoryScope]

@@nosferatuoddz7974 >:(

[@dalimillazan2877]

There are so many things still used by defence councils to this very day in trials before ICC. I know htat as I studied law and was participant of simulated ICC moot court among other things, and they are all so very similar, you done very good job explaining the "law" problems, as if you studied the law to that much extent yourself, so you got my upmost respect. Very well done video, outstanding job. I didnt knew about this Tokyo trial even as fan of history so I learned a ton and realized that so many foundations of international criminal proceedings were first put in place here, as well as Nuremberg trial.

[@HyperLuigi37]

*tries to kill self* *resuscitated so he couldn’t escape* *found guilty* *killed anyway*

[@antonischatz.2133]

This is not considered an argument against death sentence though, you see, when the prosecutors want someone tried, both police (or army in this case) will make sure the suspect doesn't commit suicide. Suicide is for those who know the severity of their crimes and are big p-ssies to face a court that is full of evidence against them. Tojo wanted to take the easy way out, where he would get away from being tried and from facing the heinous war crimes he committed.

[@HyperLuigi37]

@@antonischatz.2133 you end up dead either way bruh

[@figo3554]

@@antonischatz.2133most people would rather have the world have a slightly better view of them when they die. Plus trials are a pain.

[@maxmeng1145]

2:33 The Chinese flag here is wrong. Instead of the Beiyang Government flag, which had long been obsolete by the end of WWII, the Nationalist flag should have been used.

[@harry793]

Max Meng the current flag of China was put in place in 1949

[@HistoryScope]

Yep. I messed it up. I'm sorry.

[@LordDim1]

Spongey Yes, but that the 1949 flag is the communist flag, the nationalist flag. The flag that should have been in the video as opposed to the Five Races under One Union flag is the flag of the Republic of China, aka Taiwan

[@ZhangtheGreat]

@@harry793 He's not talking about the current flag. He's talking about the Nationalist flag, which serves as the current flag of Taiwan. The flag used in the video is the Beiyang flag, which was used after the Qing Dynasty collapsed in 1911-12.

[@underhorse5367]

@@LordDim1 No, the flag in this video is called beiyang flag and it’s used when communists and nationalist party of China(kmt) joined to fight Qing dynasty, the correct flag is supposed to be nationalist flag ( “blue sky, white sun and red ground” flag)which is the flag that republic of China is using.

[@kingcole5977]

*Nuremberg Trials:* _Tokyo Drift_

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

"any arrest would be accompanied by medical professionals, so no war criminal could escape justice in death" 5 seconds later: he was then sentenced to death

[@Thebigman-te5mn]

I found a site with pictures of the victims after the expetiments and I can say if anybody is even thinking about looking it up DO NOT

[@HypercopeEmia]

@Chang Bo i found one too and belive me YOU DO NOT want to see the victims

[@unicorn111]

@@HypercopeEmia can u just tell us what kind of experiment? Like sleep experiment kind or disembodiment kind . Dont want to accidentally read gory details :|

[@alexbob7799]

@@unicorn111 read the wikipedia page before you ask for pictures.

[@unicorn111]

@@alexbob7799 nope I dknt want pictures nor gory details ✌ already the details of the Junko Faruta case haunt me

[@alexbob7799]

@@unicorn111 tldr it's like limb removal but worse

[@simonmay1671]

7:59 is so ridiculous, this is footage that humanity must preserve. Take that Tojo!

[@guilhermecastro9893]

French indochina was under japanese control so it makes sense

[@purebloodedgriffin]

Gotta love that among the many principles of justice disregarded, guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is a 6:5 split

[@southernvoice6246]

I love how only one person served more than 7 years in prison, and that guy was released after 10 years.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The Japanese leaders enraged their father who punished them severely

[@juliusmoe-nstar8942]

They got caught and punished, tarnishing their families honor by surrender and chastised without honorable death by combat or war

[@hugosetiawan8928]

You're being cringy

[@dad_bot_3924]

A future for all is only possible in communism

[@Chriscraft-ug3sz]

Got tea from a yeti, who lives by the rose

[@mrbilter83]

@@hugosetiawan8928 ok boomer

[@syreillesales]

i like this channel very much largely because it gives references

[@blerst7066]

Germany: Publicly apologizes to holocaust victims and makes sure their people learn from the past. Japan: "We started a war?"

[@zackyjack8891]

Italy:we switched sides?

[@paulskiye6930]

It was more like: we are trying to liberate those places

[@iandrsaurri625]

10:14 - 13:04 is honestly a really good defence for an axis power

[@joshedag9282]

Exactly what I was thinking. This is probably the reason their sentences were shorter.

[@burnbobquist8999]

Yeah that strategy was acutally really good, shiting the spotlight from the shit you have done to the things the accuser has done is pretty smart.

[@Ravi9A]

I mean, it's literally true though, Why did Japan change from Isolationism? This defense will work for CCP in the future too.

[@AutistRapper]

Yeah but it does not excuse what they did in the naking massacare and the labs. In the end those same western powers ended up covering japans crimes and became allies with them

[@TheBroDude777]

Excellent coverage. Keep up the good work!

[@ElNietoPR]

Shumei Okawa at 7:47 doesn't look anything like the dude slapping Toyo's head at 8:00 9:09 Third row, first person looks more like Shumei Okawa, than third row, last person. 15:57 His name was Kingoro Hashimoto

[@sidjadoon6294]

Nicely covered ✅

[@ORob555]

Not mentioned in the video is the fact that there were more than twenty Class A War Criminals that escaped judgment in the Tokyo Trials for apparent lack of evidence. One noteworthy individual was Nobusuke Kishi, called the Devil of Showa, who was (among other things) Minister of Munitions in the Tojo Cabinet. He is known to have been deeply involved in the process which brought more than half a million Koreans to Japan as forced slave labor, and having been Economic Manager of Manchukuo (which had similar slave labor thrust upon the Chinese to rapidly industrialize the region). This fucker jumped ship as soon as he could when the situation became untenable, formed a new political party with its members being very far removed from the ruling powers in the status quo (like the Zaibatsus that funded most politicians), and escaped judgment in the Tokyo Trials despite being an obvious Class A War Criminal. Here’s the kicker, though. Kishi became the Prime Minister of Japan in 1957. Imagine that! A remnant of the nation’s criminal and imperialistic past who became the literal Head of Government not even two decades after Japan’s surrender. And that’s not all. Kishi is the maternal grandfather to none other than Shinzo Abe, the CURRENT prime minister. There’s a lot of shadows plaguing the Japanese nation even today, and it’s absolutely sickening.

[@Tinfoil_Hardhat]

So what if the current prime ministers grandfather was a war criminal? Judge someone on their own actions, not those of their family, especially when they weren't even alive at the time.

[@laa0fa502]

@@Tinfoil_Hardhat that doesnt work for Japan when family heritage means everything for them. I can guarentee you hes proud of his grandfather's past

[@Tinfoil_Hardhat]

@@laa0fa502 Or he sees it as a stain on his family heritage. We wouldn't know, and therefor shouldn't make assumptions

[@laa0fa502]

@@Tinfoil_Hardhat no. We do know. Its japan. They are proud of it. I have studied WW2 and the Japanese peoples approach to war almost my entire life. Why would they be ashamed of that? He did a lot to help Japan and that's alll they care about

[@Tinfoil_Hardhat]

@@laa0fa502 You don't know. Just because a general culture acts a specific way, that doesn't mean that everyone shares the same views. You can only make assumptions, which is worthless.

[@karthiknatarajan5902]

Wait, is the life expectancy in japan 7-10 years?

[@luckisluck]

Ye but westerners are dumbos.

[@notosianautodidact9427]

I recommend this video to people who are confused about war crimes and how they are prosecuted. This describes perfectly just how complicated and difficult these legal issues are to carry out. Especially when people want these kind of tribunals for current events.

[@therealmp40]

Imagine being one of the few that saw something wrong with the war and tried to change it, only for the judges to deem it "not enough" and get the same sentence as those who ordered those war crimes to happen in the first place.

[@channeljdge]

Proof that the court was not really impartial?

[@nachomartinez4758]

This was a very well researched and informative video. At first I thought you forgot to mention Konoe Fuminaro, prime minister in the late 30's, one of the main architects of the war against China and founder of the Imperial Aid Association (kind of the Japanese fascist party). But then I realized that he comitted suicide in December 1945, so he was not part of the trial. He would certainly have been sentenced to death, so I thought I could mention him here.

[@davidepapa7909]

Thank you for this incredible video!