Decades After War Trials, Japan Still Honors a Dissenting Judge

Decades After War Trials, Japan Still Honors a Dissenting Judge

The New York Times:

A monument to the judge — erected two years ago at the Yasukuni Shrine, the memorial to Japan’s war dead and a rallying point for Japanese nationalists — provides a clue to his identity: Radhabinod Pal, the only one out of 11 Allied justices who handed down a not guilty verdict for Japan’s top wartime leaders at the post-World War II International Military Tribunal for the Far East, or the Tokyo trials.

“Justice Pal is highly respected even today by many Japanese for the noble spirit of courage he exhibited during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East,” Mr. Abe told the Indian Parliament.

I hope Japan’s nationalist populism comes to an end soon, because I really like Japan. I’m guessing that the attraction to the Liberal Democratic Party lies in their logo.