U.S. report reveals Japan’s role in Yokohama war crimes trials for 1st time

A newly uncovered U.S. military report reveals that over 400 Japanese were mobilized to run the Class-B and C Yokohama war crimes trials from 1945 to 1949, marking the first time the full extent of their involvement has come to light recently. The document on the U.S.-led trials, held after Japan’s surrender in World War II, lists more than 1,000 people, including Americans, with about 200 Japanese serving as interpreters, clerks and other staff, and around 240 as defense lawyers. Kyodo News has obtained a copy of the report from the National Diet Library. Hitoshi Nagai, a professor of modern…