November 12th, 1948, the lengthy International Military Tribunal For Far East was adjourned after seven Japanese military personnel were sentenced to death by hanging for various war crime charges, along with twenty Japanese military and political leaders charged for waging aggressive war, more than five thousand Japanese nationals charged with crimes against humanity. The tribunal was proposed in the document that drafted the clauses for Japanese surrender by Allied powers. However, much disagreements occurred on whom to try and whom not to try. Despite lack of agreements, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers General Douglas MacArthur made the decision and initiated arrests.The trial began on April 29th, 1946.

Notably, Hideki Tojo, the Japanese war time Prime Minister, was charged with many counts of waging war and crime against peace and humanity and was executed by hanging.

This event marks the retribution for the brutal atrocities done by the Japanese military in their invasion and occupation of their war time territories. The Tribunal is recounted in many motion picture projects as a way to grasp and remember this part of the history.