The Manila massacre was one of several major war crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army , as judged by the postwar military tribunal . The Japanese commanding general , Tomoyuki Yamashita , and his chief of staff Akira Mutō , were held responsible for the massacre and other war crimes in a trial starting October 1945 . Yamashita was executed on 23 February 1946 and Mutō on 23 December 1948
war crimes
Japanese war crimes
Manila massacre