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Verdicts of Tokyo Trial on display

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: July 20, 2015

An original copy of Tokyo Trial Verdicts is exhibited at Suzhou Celebrities Museum from July 14 to August 12.

The original copy of the Verdicts of Tokyo Trial as well as other exhibits from the days of the Tokyo Trial are provided by Mrs. Ni Naixian, daughter of Ni Zhengyu, an international judge who witnessed the Tokyo Trial from 1946 to 1948. The displayed copy is the only original copy of Tokyo Trial Verdicts in China.

Tokyo Trials, also known as the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, or simply the Tribunal, was convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of war crimes. It was set by an international military court or tribunal of the antifascist allies after the World War II on trial of the Japanese war criminals. "Class A" crimes were reserved for those who participated in a joint conspiracy to start and wage war, and were brought against those in the highest decision-making bodies; "Class B" crimes were reserved for those who committed "conventional" atrocities or crimes against humanity; "Class C" crimes were reserved for those in "the planning, ordering, authorization, or failure to prevent such transgressions at higher levels in the command structure".