War crime trials

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East was convened at Ichigaya Court, formerly the Imperial Japanese Army Headquarters Building.

John Brannon stands at a lectern at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan in the courtroom during the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Brannon, defense attorney for Osami Nagano, who was on trial with 26 other alleged war criminals, announces the death of the one time Japanese Admiral and Chief of Staff of the Japanese Navy at the time of Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nagano died from an attack of bronchial pneumonia at the 361st U.S. Army Station Hospital, January 5th, after being moved from Sugamo Prison the previous day.

John Brannon (center) stands with 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.

Alfred Brooks, right, stands next to a military police officer and an unknown man. Brooks was a defense attorney at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East in Tokyo, Japan.

John Brannon (right) is seated at a table next to an unknown man. Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Four unknown United States Military Police officers stand behind him.

John Brannon, left, shakes hands with Alfred Brooks, who was a part of the defense counsel for the Japanese war criminals. Brannon was a defense attorney for Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

John Brannon was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan. He is seen at the War Ministry Building courtroom standing at the lectern. Others are unidentified.

John Brannon stands at a lectern in the courtroom. Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan. Others are unidentified.

John Brannon, right, sits next to an unknown man at a table in a courtroom at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Brannon was a defense attorney who represented Japanese war criminals at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East held at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan.

An unidentified defense attorney stands outside the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan next to the International Military Tribunal of the Far East sign.