Hostages to International Relations? The Repatriation of Japanese War Criminals from the Philippines

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ID12351787
AuthorsBeatrice Trefalt (0000-0003-1672-3572, Monash University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume31
Issue2
Pages191-209
Publication date2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJapanese Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1037-1397 • E-ISSN: 1469-9338
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10371397.2011.591778
OpenAlexW2033381972
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

While the Philippines was one of the last of the Allied nations to execute Japanese war criminals, it was also one of the first to allow for their repatriation and pardon. This article examines the period between the last execution of Japanese war criminals in January 1951 and the pardon of the remaining criminals in December 1953, in the context of international negotiations regarding the Philippines' position in the lead up to the San Francisco Peace Treaty and beyond. It traces the development and the strategies of the movement for the repatriation of war criminals in Japan. It argues that the repatriation of war criminals from the Philippines (and elsewhere) became an important domestic political issue in Japan in the period between 1951 and 1953, and that the extent of this domestic pressure was also recognised in the Philippines. In both countries, the repatriation of war criminals was linked in public discourse with progress on the negotiation of reparations, the last obstacle to the resumption of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines

Context (archaeology · International law · Negotiation · Peace treaty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Repatriation · Sociology · Treaty · War crime · World War II · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law

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