(260503) -- HANGZHOU, May 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Xiang Longwan, son of Chinese prosecutor Xiang Zhejun at the Tokyo Trials and an honorary director of the Research Institute of War Crimes Trials and World Peace, speaks at the launching ceremony of the comprehensive Chinese translation of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East records at Zhejiang Yuexiu University in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province on April 30, 2026.
Eighty years after the opening of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, or Tokyo Trials, a comprehensive Chinese translation of its records has been published for the first time, offering new access to one of the 20th century's most consequential judicial proceedings.
With a 40-volume collection, the complete Chinese translation of the tribunal records spans more than 20,000 pages and 22 million Chinese characters, and was launched at Zhejiang Yuexiu University in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Thursday. (Xinhua)
