War criminals

General Tojo and other alleged Japanese war criminals arrive at the War Ministry Building for their arraignment. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July, 1946.

Photo of Ex-Prime Minister Tojo after an attempted suicide. Tojo will be tried before International Military Tribunal for the Far East. This photo includes a duplicate and a negative. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July, 1946.

The twenty-seven Japanese war criminals arrive at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan for the opening session of their trials before the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Admiral Osami Nagano is right, first row. Others are unidentified.

John Brannon, center, stands next to Hideki Tojo, left, and Kenryo Sato, right. John Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Admiral Osami Nagano, Admiral Shigetaro, Shimada, Koichi Kido, and Shigenori Togo at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Tojo and Sato were Japanese war criminals.

Head shots of the twenty seven accused war criminals from Japan that were tried at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan.

John Brannon (center) stands with Hideki Tojo (left) and Kenryo Sato (right). John Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Admiral Osami Nagano, Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Koichi Kido, and Shigenori Togo at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Tojo and Sato were Japanese war criminals.

Kenryo Sato, a Japanese war criminal, sits in the courtroom listening in on the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan. A military police officer stands by his side. Others are unidentified.

Elaine Fischel, right, stands next to Hideki Tojo. Fischel was a legal secretary to John Brannon who was a defense attorney during the War Crimes Trials in Japan. Tojo was Prime Minister of Japan and tried during the International Military Tribunal of the Far East.

Yoshijiro Umezu was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment

Hideki Tojo was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944. As Prime Minister, he was responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor, which initiated war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun in April 1941, before he entered office.