Ichigaya Memorial Hall

Emergence of Contestation: 1946, 1990s

The courtroom at the Ichigaya site where the International Military Tribunal for the Far East was held has been preserved through a collaborative effort of conservative and progressive activists. The site was supposedly to commemorate either the Japanese wartime crimes, or the allies' victor's justice over the defeated Japanese leaders. When contrasted with the site of the Nuremberg Trials, however, the site draws little attention to the war trials themselves. Moreover, the items exhibited at Ichigaya make a bias in favour of the "victor's justice" narrative apparent.

Competing Memories of Victor's Justice vs Aggressive Warfare at Ichigaya Memorial - André Hertrich