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It is one of the deadliest massacres in Japan since the end of World War II and the deadliest building fire in Japan since the 2001 Myojo 56 building fire. It was considered "suicidal terrorism" by one criminology professor at Rissho University, as the attack was reportedly intended to be a suicide mission by the suspect. [1]
The Tokyo Charter defines war crimes as "violations of the laws or customs of war," [22] which involves acts using prohibited weapons, violating battlefield norms while engaging in combat with the enemy combatants, or against protected persons, [23] including enemy civilians and citizens and property of neutral states as in the case of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Akikaze massacre, was a war crime committed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on March 18, 1943, during the Pacific War. The massacre took place on board the Minekaze -class destroyer Akikaze , in the waters of the Bismarck Archipelago , approximately 60 civilians were killed.
Several hours before the British surrendered on Christmas at the end of the Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese soldiers entered St. Stephen's College, which was being used as a hospital on the front line at the time. [1] [2] The Japanese were met by two doctors, Black and Witney, who were marched away, and were later found dead and mutilated.
During World War II, Japanese forces invaded Burma (now Myanmar), which was then under British colonial rule.The British forces retreated and, in the power vacuum left behind, considerable violence erupted between pro-Japanese Buddhist Rakhine and pro-British Muslim villagers.
All together, the Japanese killed over 2,000 Indonesians as revenge for the Bulu Prison Massacre, while a further 500 Indonesians also died. The killing stopped when British Gurkha troops arrived on 19 October, and after an initial misunderstanding and exchange of fire, the Japanese agreed to cooperate with them. [5] [6]
Massacres of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1 C, 12 P) World War II massacres by the Soviet Union (2 C, 13 P) U. Massacres of Ukrainians during World War II (2 C, 11 P)
The Jeamni Massacre (Korean: 제암리 학살 사건; lit. Jeamni Massacre Incident) was a mass murder of 20 to 30 unarmed Korean civilians by the Imperial Japanese Army on April 15, 1919, in Jeamni, Suwon , Korea, Empire of Japan .