Photos Taken in Japan | World War II Database

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Hideki Tojo, Japan, 1947	Landing ship No. 192 at Moji, Japan, 1947

Tojo taking a stand for the first time at the International Tribunal trials, Tokyo, Japan, late 1940s	Workers employing a Canadian-built Chevrolet CMP 3-ton truck for post-war maintenance at the Iwakuni Airstrip, Iwakuni, Japan, late 1940s.

Japanese Army landing ship No. 101 in Hiroshima Bay, Japan, 17 Feb 1947; note landing ship No. 108 background	Japanese Army landing ship No. 108 at Saka, Japan, 17 Feb 1947

Demolished Japanese Koryu-class midget submarines among other debris at the shipyard in Kure, Japan, 14 Mar 1947	Incomplete light carrier Ibuki being taken apart at Sasebo, Japan, 14 Mar 1947

Courtroom interior at the opening of the Far East International Military Tribunal in the War Ministry office in Tokyo, Japan, Apr 1947	Men of the United States Army 1st Cavalry Division examining the freshly discovered launch site for the Fu-Go balloon bombs at Otsu, Japan Apr 1947. The dark barrel-shaped devices are gas generators for the hydrogen gas.

Emperor Showa visiting Kobe, Japan, 11 Jun 1947	Emperor Showa visiting the Joban coal field, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug 1947

Emperor Showa visiting Koiwai Farm, Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 9 Aug 1947	Saburo Sugiura presenting items for Emperor Showa's inspection, Tamahata Village, Nakakoma District (now Kai City) in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, Oct 1947; the village was suffering from a schistosomiasis endemic

Emperor Showa gazing at the Cryptomeria tree 'Great sugi of Kayano', Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan, 27 Oct 1947	Emperor Showa visiting Hiroshima, Japan, 7 Dec 1947; note Hiroshima Peace Memorial in background

HVAR air-to-surface rockets mounted on a P-51D Mustang of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan at Hofu Airfield, 1948.	Japanese submarine I-352 at Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, 1948

MacArthur saluted as he reviewed the American Independence Day parade at the Emperor's Palace plaza, Tokyo, Japan, 4 Jul 1948	Former Prime Minister Koki Hirota listening to Sir William Webb of Australia sentencing him to death at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at Ichigaya Court, Tokyo, Japan, 12 Nov 1948