History of Asia - Black Death, Imperialism in Asia, Herodotus, Japanese War Crimes, Timeline of Asian Nations, 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Black Death, Imperialism in Asia, Herodotus, Japanese war crimes, Timeline of Asian nations, 1997 Asian financial crisis, Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Decolonisation of Asia, List of conflicts in Asia, Greater Khorasan, Dharampal, Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union, Chronology of European exploration of Asia, Sentimentalism, Regnal year, Oriental despotism, Qara Yusuf, Kingdom of Mangalai, Xazorasp, List of international conferences on Afghanistan, Ancient Asian history, Gharjistan, Anarchism in Asia. Excerpt: Japanese war crimes occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Some of the incidents have also been described as an Asian Holocaust and Japanese war atrocities. Some war crimes were committed by military personnel from the Empire of Japan in the late 19th century, although most took place during the first part of the Sh wa Era, the name given to the reign of Emperor Hirohito, until the military defeat of the Empire of Japan, in 1945. Historians and governments of some countries officially hold Japanese military forces, namely the Imperial Japanese Army, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Imperial Japanese family, especially Emperor Hirohito, responsible for killings and other crimes committed against millions of civilians and prisoners of war. Some Japanese soldiers have admitted to committing these crimes. Japan officially maintains that no international law nor treaties were violated. Some members of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Japanese government, including former prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe, have prayed at the Yasukuni Shrine, which includes convicted Class A war criminals in its honored war dead. Some Japanese history textbooks only offer brief references to the various ...