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Beginning in late 1945, the United States, Britain, China, Australia, France, the Netherlands, and later the Philippines, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China convened national courts to prosecute Japanese military personnel for war crimes. The defendants included ethnic Koreans and Taiwanese who had served with the armed forces as Japanese subjects. In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East tried Japanese leaders. While the fairness of these trials has been a focus for decades, Japanese War Criminals instead argues that the most important issues arose outside the courtroom. What was the legal basis for identifying and detaining subjects, determining who should be prosecuted, collecting evidence, and granting clemency after conviction? The answers to these questions helped set the norms for transitional justice in the postwar era and today contribute to strategies for addressing problematic areas of international law. Examining the complex moral, ethical, legal, and political issues surrounding the Allied prosecution project, from the first investigations during the war to the final release of prisoners in 1958, Japanese War Criminals shows how a simple effort to punish the guilty evolved into a multidimensional struggle that muddied the assignment of criminal responsibility for war crimes. Over time, indignation in Japan over Allied military actions, particularly the deployment of the atomic bombs, eclipsed anger over Japanese atrocities, and, among the Western powers, new Cold War imperatives took hold. This book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the construction of the postwar international order in Asia and to our comprehension of the difficulties of implementing transitional justice.

Collection of five articles on the high quality of Indonesian studies in the Netherlands, how these studies began in this country as handmaiden to the Dutch colonial enterprise in the Indies, minor role of Indonesian studies in New Zealand, comparison of these studies in Australia and Great Britain, overview of Indonesian studies in the USA since 1973 and the proposed Development Policy Studies Center at the Ohio State University and its connections with Indonesia. (DÜI-Sen)

Defining war crimes and creating courts -- Investigation and arrest -- In court : indictment, trial, and sentencing -- Dilemmas of detention and the first misgivings -- Shifting mood, shifting location -- Peace and Article 11 -- Japanese pressure mounts -- Finding a formula for release -- The race to clear Sugamo

Indonesia beyond the water's edge : managing an archipelagic state -- Contents -- Tables -- Maps and Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Indonesia as an Archipelago: Managing Islands, Managing the Seas -- 2. Becoming an Archipelagic State: The Juanda Declaration of 1957 and the 'Struggle' to Gain International Recognition of the Archipelagic Principle -- 3. Indonesia's Maritime Boundaries -- 4. Indonesia's Archipelagic Sea Lanes -- 5. Extending Indonesia? Opportunities and Challenges related to the Definition of Indonesia's Extended Continental Shelf Rights -- 6. Indonesian Port Sector Reform and the 2008 Shipping Law -- 7. Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Indonesian Waters -- 8. The Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board -- 9. Marine Safety in Indonesian Waters -- 10. Governance in Indonesia's Marine Protected Areas: A Case Study of Komodo National Park -- 11. Rising to the Challenge of Providing Legal Protection for the Indonesian Coastal and Marine Environment -- 12. Legal and Illegal Indonesian Fishing in Australian Waters -- 13. Fluid Boundaries: Modernity, Nation and Identity in the Riau Islands -- Index -- Indonesia Update Series.