Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (436 page)

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Authors: Herbert P. Bix

Tags: #General, #History, #Biography & Autobiography, #Military, #World War II

Tokyo, Japan:

Imperial Palace in, 26–27, 85, 493

Kanto earthquake and, 140

1936 army mutiny in, 297–300

Tokyo Artillery Arsenal strikes, 52

Tokyo Imperial University, 57, 59, 77, 133, 605

Tokyo Nichi Nichi shinbun,
135, 297, 336

Tokyo war crimes trial, 14, 15, 17, 334, 581–618, 624, 627, 645, 684

abdication issue in, 605–7, 618, 634

chemical warfare issue in, 616–17

China's delegation to, 594–95

defense in, 600–602

depositions in, 596–97

disputed authority of, 609

dissenting opinions in, 610–12

executions in, 609–10, 634

Hirohito as behind the scenes during, 613–14

Hirohito's immunity questioned in, 610, 612

Hirohito's “Monologues” and, 589–92

“Hull note” and, 601–2, 611

impact on Japanese people, 612–15

India's delegation to, 595–96

indictments in, 593

MacArthur's role in, 609–10

media and, 589, 603, 615

military's deceit exposed by, 614

offenses charged in, 607–8

political attitudes affected by, 614–15

prosecution in, 598–99

as show trial, 598

Soviet delegation to, 593

trying Hirohito as issue in, 583–85, 587–89

U.S. Supreme Court ruling on, 582, 609

verdicts and sentences in, 609–10, 634

war responsibility issue in, 584–86, 588–89, 599–600, 602, 603–4, 607, 612, 617–18, 627–28, 634, 651–52

witnesses called in, 598

Tomita Kenji, 419

Tong'a ilbo
(Oriental daily), 191

T
ranomon incident, 140–42, 158

T
yama Mitsuru, 62, 98, 104, 167

Toyoda Soemu, 500, 512, 514–15

Toyoda Teijir
, 400, 408, 429

T
y
jih
(Oriental review), 70

Toyoshita Narahiko, 639, 640

Trautmann, Oscar, 343–45

Treasury Department, U.S., 401

Treat, John W., 666

Treaty Concerning the Laws and Regulations of Belligerency, 360

Tripartite Alliance, 375, 380–84, 402, 425, 437, 590, 602

signing of, 380, 383

Tripartite Intervention of 1895, 256

Truk Island, 453, 467, 472

Truman, Harry S., 498, 499–500, 520, 543–44, 609, 615, 617, 618, 635, 636

atomic bomb decision of, 524–25

Hirohito's letter to, 624

MacArthur dismissed by, 643–44

unconditional surrender policy and, 508–9

on using atomic bomb, 502

Truman administration, 364, 523, 542, 543, 616, 636, 639, 640, 643

Truman Doctrine, 607, 624

Tsinan Incident, 214–15

Tsuchiya Mitsukane, 141

Tsuda S
kichi, 564–65

Tsuiho kenp
seigi
(Additional commentaries on the constitution) (Minobe), 287–88

Tsuji Masanobu, 351

Tungchow massacre, 322

Turkey, 608

 

Uchida K
sai, 221, 242

Uchida Ry
hei, 98, 104, 255

Uchiyama Gud
, 32–33

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