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The Tokyo War Crimes Trial The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II Harvard East Asian Monographs 299 Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia The Tokyo War Crimes Trial The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II Yuma Totani Published by the Harvard University Asia Center and distributed by Harvard University Press Cambridge (Massachusetts) and London, 2008 Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia © 2008 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College Printed in the United States of America The Harvard University Asia Center publishes a monograph series and, in coordination with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the Korea Institute, the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and other faculties and institutes, administers research projects designed to further schol- arly understanding of China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, and other Asian countries. The Center also sponsors projects addressing multidisciplinary and regional issues in Asia. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Totani, Yuma The Tokyo war crimes trial : the pursuit of justice in the wake of World War II / Yuma Totani. p. cm. -- (Harvard East Asian monographs ; 299) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-674-02870-8 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-674-02870-8 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn-13: 978-0-674-03339-9 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. International Military Tribunal for the Far East. 2. War crime trials--Japan. 3. World War, 1939–1945--Atrocities. I. Title. kz1181.t67 2008 341.6'90268--dc22 2008000815 Printed on acid-free paper First paperback edition 2009 Last figure below indicates year of this printing 18 17 16 15 14 13 Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia For my parents and siblings Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia Acknowledgments First and foremost, my gratitude goes to the five members of my dis- sertation committee for their mentorship during my graduate years at the University of California, Berkeley. They are Andrew Barshay, Mary Elizabeth Berry, Irwin Scheiner, David Cohen, and Eric Stover. Their support and guidance were invaluable in enabling me to complete the original version of this book. I am grateful also to Andrew Gordon and Akira Iriye at Harvard University, who provided me with constructive criticism for revision. I received page-by-page editorial advice from Re- becca Suter, a fellow researcher during my postdoctoral year at Harvard University in 2005–06. I cannot thank her enough for her tremendous assistance. Over the course of my research, I met many Japanese historians, lawyers, and other scholars who took an interest in my work and ex- tended their collegial support. In particular, I would like to thank Haya- shi Hirofumi at Kantō Gakuin University, Kasahara Tokushi at Tsuru University, Yoshida Yutaka at Hitotsubashi University, and Ishida Yūji at the University of Tokyo. Many meetings, workshops, and much cor- respondence with them revealed to me the richness and vitality of Japanese scholarship. My thanks also go to Awaya Kentarō at Rikkyō University, who took the time to discuss our common research inter- ests and shared with me newly acquired archival records. I was able to complete this book with funding from the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University, where I was a postdoctoral fellow for one year. I also received generous institu- Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia viii Acknowledgments tional support from the History Department and the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where I was a faculty member between 2006 and 2008. Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to William M. Hammell at the Harvard University Asia Center, whose editorial guid- ance helped me bring this book to completion. Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia Contents List of Figures xi Note to the Reader xiii Introduction: Why the Tokyo Trial Now? 1 1 Lessons from Nuremberg 20 2 The Trial of Emperor Hirohito? 43 3 Tōjō and Other Suspects 63 4 Narrative of the War 78 5 Leadership Responsibility for War Crimes 98 6 Nanking and the Death Railway 119 7 Documenting Japanese Atrocities 151 8 The First Trial Analysts 190 9 Pal’s Dissent and Its Repercussions 218 Conclusion: Beyond Victors’ Justice 246 Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia x Contents Reference Matter Notes 265 Works Cited 301 Index 323 Yuma Totani - 978-1-68417-473-7 Downloaded from Brill.com09/12/2022 06:58:26PM via University of British Columbia
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