Tag: Japan

75 Years Later, the Tokyo War Crimes Trials Still Reverberate

The Tokyo war crimes trial is consequential not because of long-defunct Wilsonian daydreams about a world pacified by international law, but because it misfired and fizzled.

U.S. Naval Officer Is Released From Jail in Japan After Yearslong Effort

The fallout over the case has strained diplomatic ties between Japan and the United States.