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

For the first time, the complete court records from the Tokyo Trial have been published in Chinese, offering the public in China a detailed look at Japanese war crimes, according to state media.
The translation, which spans 40 volumes, took a team of hundreds more than a decade to produce. It filled “a critical gap in domestic historical records”, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East – also known as the Tokyo Trial – lasted from May...