War crime trials

The Justices of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From: Scrapbook presented Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific, in Tokyo, Japan, July, 1946.

Defense attorney Joseph Collins Howard, who represented Heitaro Kimura at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East, stands at a lectern in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

Defense attorney James Freeman stands at the lectern at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. He represented Kenryo Sato at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Freeman

Chief Justice William Webb and Judges of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East listen to the final summation of the defense counsels at the War Crimes Trials held in the War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan.

John Brannon, defense counsel, stands at the lectern of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. He is reading his summation on behalf of Admiral Shigetaro Shimada. Shimada was one of twenty-five alleged major Japanese war criminals on trial.

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.

Twenty-eight international defense attorneys for the Japanese war criminals who were a part of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East war crimes trial held in Tokyo, Japan pose for a photograph. Front row, third from right is John Brannon. All others are not identified.

Hachiro Okuyama (left), Admiral Osami Nagano (center), and John Brannon (right). Nagano was on trial for war crimes with his involvement with the Japanese during WWII. Okuyama served as Nagano's Japanese Chief Counsel; Brannon was his American Associate Counsel.