幕末明治のメディア展 目次. 明治錦絵. Gunka - Japanese War Songs (Old Japanese Songs) 靖国神社. The Tokyo War Crimes Trial. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), informally known as the Tokyo War Crimes trial, lasted two and a half years, from April 29, 1946, to November 12, 1948.
In contrast, the far better known international Nuremberg Trial lasted a little less than a year. Established to try Japanese officials involved with perpetrating World War II, the IMTFE set a greater precedence for international law than Nuremberg yet is relatively under-studied in comparison. The University of Virginia Law Library provides a new portal to investigate the IMTFE through the papers of three members of the prosecution team and one defense counsel member. The collection of Frank S.