War crime trials

Major General Myron Cramer (left), representative of the United States on the International Military Tribunal of the Far East, consults with his legal advisor Lieutenant Colonel William Kuder in the General's office in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

John Brannon, defense attorney who represented Admiral Osami Nagano, Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Koichi Kido, and Shigenori Togo, stands at the podium at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Others in the background are unidentified.

General Jiro Minami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army and politician. He was famous for having twice tried to stage a coup against the civilian government in the 1930s. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East.

Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu was a Japanese diplomat and politician in the Empire of Japan, who served as the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War II and later, as the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan.

John Brannon, left, sits at a desk with an unknown Japanese man. John Brannon served as a defense attorney for Admiral Osami Nagano, Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Koichi Kido, and Shigenori Togo.

Justice Bernard Victor A. Roling, Judge in Utrecht Court and Law, Professor at University, Kingdom of the Netherlands, sits in his chambers at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East.

Lieutenant General Kenryo Sato of the Japanese Imperial Army was tried at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan.

Admiral J. Richardson, former Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and members of his party stand before a map of Pearl Harbor in the war crimes trials in Tokyo, Japan during the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Left to right: Lieutenant P. S. McManus, Admiral Richardson, Captain J. J. Robinson, and Commander C. T. Cole.

John Brannon (right) is seated at a table next to an unknown man. Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Four unknown United States Military Police officers stand behind him.