Chinese translation of Tokyo war trial records fill ‘critical gap’: state media

The complete court records from the Tokyo Trial, also known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, have been translated into Chinese for the first time. This extensive translation, comprising 40 volumes, was produced by a team of hundreds over more than a decade. State media agency Xinhua reported that this publication fills a significant void in domestic historical records, providing the Chinese public with detailed information about Japanese war crimes. The trial itself, which took place from May 1946 to November 1948, involved judges and prosecutors from 11 nations and generated nearly 50,000 pages of trial documents.