trial by world body men charged as authors of war washington december 1 mr joseph keenan chief counsel on japanese war crimes said that an international tribunal would try at tokio at least 100 japanese charged with precipitating a war of aggression between july 1937 and pearl harbour in violation of international law and treaty commitments the united nations would nominate the judges who would be selected by general mac arthur july 1937 was the first sound tangible starting point of japan war of aggression said mr keenan japanese charged with crimes after pearl harbour would face military cou

Some POWs had the water in their canteens poured out onto the road or taken by the Japanese just to be cruel. Although thirst began to drive some of the men mad, if a POW broke ranks to drink stagnant, muddy water at the side of the road, he would be bayoneted or shot. Groups of POWs were often deliberately stopped in front of the many artesian wells. These wells poured out clean water, but the POWs were not allowed to drink it. Some were killed just because they asked for water. Deaths Sources do not agree on how many prisoners of war died before reaching Camp O'Donnell. Estimates say that 5,000 to 18,000 Filipinos died during the march, while 500 to 650 Americans did. The United States Department of Defense's web page on the Bataan Death March lists the number of deaths as 10,000.[4] Aftermath After the war, the Japanese commander, General Masaharu Homma, and two of his officers, Major General Yoshitaka Kawane and Colonel Kurataro Hirano, were tried for war crimes by the United States military commissions. They were convicted of failing to prevent their subordinates from committing atrocities, and all three were sentenced to death.

conservative Liberal Democratic Party of Japan , denied responsibility for military brothels set up during World War II. Speaking to reporters on Thursday