Quartermasters can also fight the devils

The sixth point is "breach of contract". Before and after the First World War, the Japanese government signed many international treaties.

Chapter 3 of the Judgment read out at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, "Japan's Rights and Obligations," begins with these international treaties previously signed by the Japanese government.

These include the "Washington Nine-Power Treaty of 1922" to protect China's territory and administrative independence, the "Opium Convention of 1931" to prohibit the production, transportation and use of opium and similar drugs, the "Paris Treaty of 1928" to resolve disputes through diplomatic means, the "Geneva Red Cross Convention of 1929" and the "Geneva Prisoners of War Convention of 1929" on humanitarian behavior in a state of war, etc.

Especially after the Japanese Kwantung Army launched the "September 18th Incident" in Northeast China, the Lytton Commission organized by the League of Nations strongly condemned the Japanese army's aggressive expansion, which made Japanese militarists very angry.

In 1933, the Japanese government withdrew from the League of Nations. On December 19, 1934, the Japanese government abolished the Washington Treaty. Subsequently, the Japanese government withdrew from almost all international treaties that restrained Japan's aggression and violence.

The seventh point is "alliance". In order to launch a war, the Japanese government took the initiative to form a tripartite alliance with fascist Germany and Italy. In 1936 and 1937, the Privy Council of the Japanese government successively approved the "German-Japanese Anti-Communist Pact" and the "German-Italian-Japanese Anti-Communist Pact".

The Tripartite Pact was signed in 1940. Shortly after the signing of the Tripartite Pact, the Japanese government invaded Southeast Asia and the South Pacific by force. The Class A war criminal Matsuoka Yosuke, who was then Japan's Foreign Minister, clearly pointed out that the main target of the Allies was the United States.

This also shows that from the early Japanese militarist radicals' provocations to the later Japanese government's declaration of war on other countries, everything was related to conspiracy.

Taking the "September 18th Incident" launched by the Japanese Kwantung Army in Northeast China as an example, in the "Judgment" read out by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Chapters 4 and 5 describe in detail the entire process of conspiracy planning and implementation by Japanese Class A war criminals Itagaki Seishirō, Doihara Kenji, Hashimoto Kingoro and others.

Taking the example of the Japanese government's declaration of war on the United States, Chapter 7 of the "Judgment" read out by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East clearly pointed out that while the Japanese government was conducting peace negotiations with the United States, it was actively expanding its military and preparing for war, and had determined the date for going to war with the United States.

Finally, the Japanese army took advantage of the time difference between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and a slight delay. When the Japanese ambassador arrived at the US State Department, the Japanese Navy had already raided the US naval base Pearl Harbor forty-five minutes earlier.

This made the "Judgment" read out by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which was generally plain and fact-based, have to use the word "shameless" to describe the Japanese government's behavior as extremely despicable.

Chapter 8 of the "Judgment" read out by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East is an entire chapter exposing the Japanese army's "atrocities in violation of the laws of war." This chapter has a total of 171 pages.

Just listing the subheadings in this chapter is enough to show the cruelty of the Japanese army's methods and their extinction of humanity, such as "killing captured pilots", "massacre", "death march", "torture and other inhumane treatment", "dissection of living people and cannibalism", "attacks on ships transporting prisoners", "illegal servitude, starvation and abuse of prisoners and detained civilians", "insulting prisoners" and so on.

Among them, the eight chapters of the Judgment devote nine pages to a special account of the Japanese massacre in Nanjing, China. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East clearly pointed out based on a large amount of witnesses and material evidence: "It was later estimated that during the first six weeks after the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, the total number of Chinese civilians and prisoners massacred by the Japanese in Nanjing and its vicinity was at least 200,000."

The "Judgment" read out at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East clearly stated that controlling schools and education was one of the important means used by Japanese militarists to promote militarist education in Japan and invade China. Before the Japanese Kwantung Army launched the "September 18th" Incident, all Japanese schools began to teach students in Japan that Manchuria was Japan's lifeline and that Japan's desire for a stable economic order and stable construction depended on ruling Manchuria.

After 1937, Japan's education aimed to foster the nation's militant spirit. In Japanese school curriculums, not only during the pure military training sessions, but also in the education in ordinary courses, the "Imperial Way" spirit and extreme nationalism were instilled into Japanese students.

Schools teach students in Japan that Japan is a powerful country, so Japan must show its uniqueness to the world. Whether in universities or general schools, Japan's militarism is promoted and instilled through military training and school teaching in order to implement the idea of ​​Japan's supremacy among all citizens, and to describe war as glorious and fruitful, and a necessary process for Japan's future.

The "Judgment" read out at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East also clearly stated that the Japanese government's erroneous historical views and theory of racial superiority were the theoretical basis for the Japanese militarists to launch a brutal war of aggression.

Japanese militarists advocated the excellent qualities of the Japanese nation, saying that the mission of the Japanese nation was to end the tyranny and oppression of the white people, and advocated that the Manchuria region of China must be separated from the Chinese government and ruled by Japan.

With the slogan of ending the white people's rule over Asia, Japan expelled the white people and "liberated" the Asian nations, and established the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" dominated by Japan.

In order to make other Asian nations feel the superiority of the Japanese nation, the Japanese army adopted a policy of abuse, insults and public humiliation against Allied prisoners of war. Moreover, after occupying the land and ending the fighting, the Japanese army carried out massacres at will as a means to terrify the civilians and make them obey Japanese rule.

The "Judgment" read out at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East also clearly told everyone that the Japanese military officer ideologues at the time were a group of people who said one thing and did another, were full of deception and lies, and were engaged in conspiracy.

Japan's leaders often try to justify Japan's aggressive military adventures by describing them as defensive in order to legitimize the invasion. The so-called "national defense" of the Japanese militarists means invading the Asian continent by force.

In order to cover up the Japanese government's ambition to invade its neighbors, the Japanese Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro once lied that the Japanese government had no territorial ambitions against China. He claimed that the Japanese government only wanted cooperation and mutual assistance so that China could contribute to the culture and prosperity of East Asia, which was the so-called "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" he advocated.