The tribunal was the first international body for the prosecution of war crimes since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials held in the aftermath of World War II.

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Embracing Defeat includes chapters on the Tokyo war crimes trials and the rekindling of the Japanese economy with the birth of Japan Inc.

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Many defendants at the Nuremberg and Tokyo war-crimes trials were hanged.

ECONOMIST: The cruel and ever more unusual punishment