A detailed and sharply observed account of the 1946-1948 Tokyo trials – proceedings that were implicitly racist and hypocritical, and with a prosecution team that was led by a ‘blundering alcoholic’
Feb. 14 is the 113th anniversary of Ahn Jung-geun s death sentence handed down by imperial Japan because of patriotic deeds committed in Harbin, China. As is well known, Ahn shouted “Corea Ura” (long live Korea) three times after shooting Hirobumi Ito, who was inspecting the honor guard at Harbin Station on Oct. 26, 1909.