TY - BOOK AB - "The Tokyo Trial, like the Nuremberg Trial, was unique as a judicial event. Presided over by eleven Allied judges, Japan's wartime leaders were individually tried in an international court of justice for crimes against international law. After two years of hearings, a majority judgment found twenty-five of the accused guilty; seven were sentenced to death. However, factionalism amongst justices and competing political interests served to undermine the final judgment, widely criticized as 'victor's justice.' Some seventy years later, its legacy continues to inform international politics and polarize ideological debate."--Page 4 of cover. AU - Higurashi, Yoshinobu, CN - KZ1181 CN - KZ1181 ET - First English edition. ID - 1391247 KW - Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948. KW - War crime trials KW - Procès de Tōkyō, Tōkyō, Japon, 1946-1948. LA - eng N1 - Revised English edition of 2008 book, Tōkyō Saiban, winner in the History and Civilization category of the 30th Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities. N2 - "The Tokyo Trial, like the Nuremberg Trial, was unique as a judicial event. Presided over by eleven Allied judges, Japan's wartime leaders were individually tried in an international court of justice for crimes against international law. After two years of hearings, a majority judgment found twenty-five of the accused guilty; seven were sentenced to death. However, factionalism amongst justices and competing political interests served to undermine the final judgment, widely criticized as 'victor's justice.' Some seventy years later, its legacy continues to inform international politics and polarize ideological debate."--Page 4 of cover. SN - 9784866582306 SN - 4866582308 T1 - The Tokyo Trial :war criminals and Japan's postwar international relations / TI - The Tokyo Trial :war criminals and Japan's postwar international relations / ER -