Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Japanese: 極東国際軍事裁判所憲章 - きょくとうこくさいぐんじさいばんしょけんしょう
Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East

…During this time, MacArthur persistently requested the United States to put the Tojo Cabinet members responsible for the Pearl Harbor surprise attack on Japan at the time of the outbreak of the war in a separate military trial, but this was not realized. The Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Acts) was prepared by members of the International Prosecution Service (IPS) of GHQ, headed by Chief Prosecutor Joseph Berry Keenan, who arrived in Japan on December 6, 1945, and drafted by the IPS. MacArthur proclaimed the Charter on January 19, 1946, and established the basic framework of the Tokyo Trials. The Charter was partially revised on April 26, but compared to the Nuremberg Trials, the distinctive features of the structure of the Tokyo Trials are as shown in Table 1. …

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Japanese:

…なおこの間,マッカーサーは,この国際裁判とは別に,真珠湾奇襲攻撃の責任者として日米開戦時の東条内閣閣僚だけはアメリカ単独の軍事裁判にかけるべきだとアメリカ本国に執拗に要請したが,これは実現しなかった。45年12月6日に来日したキーナンJoseph Berry Keenan首席検事をキャップとするGHQの国際検察局(IPS)のメンバーによって準備され,IPSが起草した極東国際軍事裁判所憲章(条例)が46年1月19日,マッカーサーによって布告されて,東京裁判の基本的枠組みが設定された。同憲章は4月26日に一部分が改正されるが,ニュルンベルク裁判に比べ,東京裁判の構成の特色は表1のとおりになる。…

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