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Barwick calls for global remembrance of Tokyo Trials amid Japan's remilitarization.
As the 80th anniversary of the Tokyo Trials approaches, Australian Citizens Party Chairman Robert Barwick has called for global remembrance of the tribunal that prosecuted Class-A Japanese war criminals after WWII.
He highlighted the trials' role in establishing postwar justice but criticized their compromised outcomes, noting the later release of many convicted leaders and their enshrinement at the Yasukuni Shrine.
Barwick expressed concern over Japan's growing remilitarization and political visits to the shrine, viewing them as signs of historical revisionism.
He also emphasized China's overlooked resistance, which tied down significant Japanese forces, and warned that ignorance of the trials may stem from deliberate propaganda distorting historical truth.
Barwick pide el recuerdo global de los juicios de Tokio en medio de la remilitarización de Japón.