Why no Nuremberg in Japan?

Question

There was that show-trial in Nuremberg after WW2 where some leading Nazis were tried, found guilty of war crimes and executed. I do not think anything similar happened in Japan. If not, why not? The atrocities comitted by the japanese were every bit as bad as those comitted by the Nazis, so why no japanese Nuremberg?

Answer 1

The allies tried and convicted many from the Axis powers at the end of World War II. Many Japanese were executed for crimes against humanity and their crimes were as heinous and most certainly rivalled their Germans allies.
The Japanese mainly unleashed their form of imperialism on prisoners of war and the local populations of regions they occupied; they did and still do feel superior to the rest of gods children and used slavery and prostitution to keep their military machine running.
I tend to feel that atomic attacks on two Japanese cities – genocide - tend to cushion our new Japanese friends from their war time atrocities.
Also, the holocaust (I have Jewish heritage) is kept alive by those who use their tumultuous history as a new type of badge that supports their crimes in the Middle East.

Answer 2

There were - called the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. High ranking officers and three unelected prime ministers were tried. The Emperor, Hirihito, however, was exonerated and not tried, this with the connivance of General MacArthur. Between 1946-1951 some 2,200 Japanese were tried outside Japan and 1000 sentenced to death. This does not include those tried by the Chinese Communists.

Answer 3

there was a trial among japanese participants but not as well publicized like the nuremberg trial some japanese generals were executed or hanged for the atrocities they did in the pacific like the philippines general homma was executed and other lesser participants admiral tojo was hanged among the few

Answer 4

there were trials for japanese war crimes.they are not really talked about about much like the nuremberg trials are.
they had the 'tokyo trials' for the leading japanese figures including the imperial rulers(who escaped prosecution)
and 'khabarovsk war crime trials' which tried several thousand war criminals.
the chinese had there own trials also.
your right there war crimes were just as bad as the nazis if not worse.
my grandad served in the war and while he was indifferent to the germans he absolutely hated the japanese for there inhumanity.

Answer 5

As for the atrocities being as bad, that's debatable. The Japanese didn't actively find as many people of certain races as they could with intent to capture and kill them, they just kind of killed anyone in their way. There definately was a large-scale war crimes trial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East

Over one thousand people were convicted of war crimes. 14 of them were class-a war crimes. There were several executions and life sentences, most famous being General Hideki Tojo. Emperor Hirohito, however, was not charged so that the Allies could take advantage of his position for occupation purposes.

Answer 6

Good question because I think they got off pretty lightly for the the atrocities they committed in their Emperors name there might of been a Holocaust but many women,children and POW's lost their lives inhumanely.

Answer 7

Japan did not sign the Geneva Convention. They had the Tokyo Trials. See below

Answer 8

a few jap officials were tried in tokio in 1945-46 and condemned or executed by the allies

Answer 9

There was no holocaust in japan