Yokohama incident

The Yokohama incident (横浜事件, Yokohama Jiken) took place in Imperial Japan during World War II. Between 1943 and 1945, the Yokohama Special Higher Police arrested nearly three-dozen intellectuals for charges of attempting to revive the Communist Party. Suspects included editors of the Chuo Koron, Kaizo, and Nippon Hyoron magazines. Suspects were subjected to physical violence, and three died as a result of mistreatment.[1]

In 2010, the Yokohama District Court ordered the government to pay compensation to the relatives of five deceased men for falsely imprisoning them.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Huffman, James L., ed. (1 October 1997). Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Routledge. p. 295. ISBN 978-0815325253.
  2. ↑ "Redress awarded over 'Yokohama Incident'". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 5 February 2010.

Further reading

  • Janice Matsumura Symposium: More Than a Momentary Nightmare: The Yokohama Incident and Wartime Japan, Cornell Univ East Asia Program, 1998
  • The Yokohama Case 2010/02/04 Court ruling gives de facto acquittal to 5 in wartime free speech (Mainichi Japan) February 4, 2010 at Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center.
  • "The Retrial of the "Yokohama Incident": A Six-decade battle for human dignity". Japan Focus.
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