Commentary / Japan | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Feb 27, 2015
Yamashita trial as a monument to our humanity
by Hiroaki Sato
Many U.S. commentators' assumption that Japan is beyond redemption because it is a "war-crime nation" appears to have taken off at the trial of Tomoyuki Yamashita, who was convicted after the Pacific War in Manila for failure to exert "command responsibility" over every action ...