Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
!Yasukuni Shrine; March 2012
War criminals
On October 17, 1978, fourteen men who had been charged with Class A war crimes—eleven were convicted as Class A war criminals, one was convicted of Class B, two died before completing trial—were enshrined as "Martyrs of Shōwa" (昭和殉難者, Shōwa junnansha) because they were on the war dead registry:
War criminals
• Death by hanging: Hideki Tōjō, Seishirō Itagaki, Heitarō Kimura, Kenji Doihara, Akira Mutō, Kōki Hirota Iwane Matsui (sentenced for only Class B offenses) • Lifetime imprisonment: Yoshijirō Umezu, Kuniaki Koiso, Kiichirō Hiranuma, Toshio Shiratori • 20-year imprisonment: Shigenori Tōgō • Died before a judicial decision was reached (owing to illness or disease): Osami Nagano, Yosuke Matsuoka
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