The Indian judge Pal, the only one who voted against in the Tokyo Trial, argued that Japanese war criminals were innocent.

The only judge who voted against all the Japanese war criminals and declared them all innocent throughout the entire Tokyo Trial was Indian Judge Radhabinod Pal. He advocated for the complete release of all Japanese war criminals.

Pal believed that the trial was a form of retaliation by the victorious countries, violating the principle of "no retroactive punishment" and other fallacies. After the death of Radhabinod Pal, the Japanese built monuments in his honor at places such as the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, the Rensan Sōkoku Shrine in Kyoto, the Honshō-ji Temple in Hiroshima, and the Hozan Shrine in Toyama.

Even Indian Judge Radhabinod Pal saluted the Japanese war criminals in the Tokyo Tribunal, exonerating the murderer of the Nanjing Massacre, Masanobu Shirogane.

At that time, among the 11 judges, only Pal insisted on the theory that all Japanese war criminals were innocent. The 11 judges came from China, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

Today is August 10th, which is also the day Japan surrendered. On August 10, 1945, the Xinhua Daily published an extra edition titled "Accepting the Potsdam Proclamation, Japan's Unconditional Surrender." (On August 10th, the Japanese government surrendered; August 15th was the day when the Japanese Emperor officially announced the surrender.)

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