The trial of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita was one of the first major war crimes trials following World War II and is a landmark case in international law. Yamashita, who had been the commander of Japanese forces in the Philippines, was tried by a U.S. military commission in Manila in late 1945. The core of the charge against him was not that he personally ordered atrocities, but that he failed to "control the operations of the members of his command," thereby permitting widespread and bru

Sa kasaysayan, kumalat ang kuwento ng Yamashita’s Treasure— mga gintong iniwan umano ni General Tomoyuki Yamashita bago siya sumuko sa mga Amerikano. Pero sa Ifugao, ibang alaala ang naiwan… hindi kayamanan ang naiuugnay kay Yamashita, kundi mga kuwentong naghatid ng takot sa kabundukan. Tunghayan ang mga huling araw ng tinaguriang ‘Tiger of Malaya’ sa pinakabagong dokumentaryo ni Mav Gonzales sa #IWitness, ang ‘The Last Days of Yamashita,’ ngayong Sabado, 10:15 PM sa GMA Network. | I-Witness

Exploring the execution site of Imperial Japanese Army General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Los Baños, Laguna: | World War II in the Philippines