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| |  | | Kiichiro Hiranuma | | | context : | Japan  | | judgement place : | Tokyo IMT | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Sentenced 12 November 1948 to life imprisonment; granted an early release in 1952 | | position : | Member of the Supreme Council of War |
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| | | | At the end of the war, Kiichiro Hiranuma was arrested and imprisoned in Sugamo as a Class A criminal for detention prior to being brought before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, set up by Allied forces. He was accused of the following counts:
-- No. 1: responsibility for the outbreak of wars of aggression and wars in violation of international law,
-- No. 27: war of aggression against China;
-- No. 29: war of aggression against the USA;
-- No. 31: war of aggression against the British Commonwealth;
-- No. 32: war of aggression against the Netherlands;
-- No. 33: war of aggression against France;
-- No. 35 and 36: war of aggression against the USSR;
-- No. 54: authorisation of violations of the laws or customs of war;
-- No. 55: failure to take all appropriate measures to enforce compliance and to prevent violations of conventions and laws and customs of war.
During the trial, the Defence argued that Hiranuma was a Minister without a portfolio since 1940, and as such did not take part in military planning in Asia and the Pacific. The Prosecutor, however, was not convinced by this argument and Judge Webb accused Hiranuma of a crime against peace.
On 12th November 1948, Kiichiro Hiranuma was found guilty of charges No. 1, 27, 29, 31, 32 and 36, but not guilty on the remaining charges.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In 1952, he was granted an early release.
Kiichiro Hiranuma died shortly afterwards, on 22nd August 1952. | |    | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Japan | | | date of birth : | | | 28.09.1867 | | | judgement period : | | | 06.05.1946 - 12.11.1948 | | | charges : | | | Aggression | | | profile last modified : | | | 14.09.2008 |
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