ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by setting out the key features of the Tokyo Trial, formally named the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), its purposes and the impact expected by the Allies. Based on an examination of documents and the discourse of those who organized and participated in the Tokyo Trial, the chapter illustrates that the trial was expected to create identical effects to those expected at the Nuremberg Trial: the transformation of post-war society through demilitarization and democratization, using as devices the pursuit of individual responsibility and the creation of an authoritative record of the war.
