[Project] Research and Collection of Materials on Japanese Military War Crimes, 2018

Project period: June 1, 2018 - November 20, 2018.

Overview: This project investigated and collected World War II materials on Japanese military war crimes, with a particular focus on how the United States and the wider international community discussed, planned, and implemented Allied war-crimes trials.

Details: Defined the scope and contents of relevant materials through prior research and published sourcebooks / conducted on-site investigation at NARA II, reviewed candidate materials, and collected related records / collected and reviewed a total of 12,555 pages of documents, then cataloged them and wrote descriptive notes / selected key materials on the formation of war-crimes trial policy for deeper commentary and created a folder-by-folder guide to support future large-scale collection work.