In January 1946 , Xiang was appointed the prosecutor for the Republic of China in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East , in preparation for which he vigorously collected oral and material evidence . Instead of prosecuting Japanese war crimes dating from the outbreak of hostilities in July 1937 , Xiang also managed to persuade the court to prosecute Japanese wars crimes dating back to the Huanggutun Incident in 1928 , when the Kanto Army assassinated Zhang Zuolin . During the trial , Xiang Zhejun become known for confronting defendants such as Iwane Matsui , Itagaki Seishiro and Doihara Kenji with evidence establishing their guilt of war crimes . Among other things Xiang established the guilt of Iwane , who was confronted with evidence of the atrocities , including Harold John Timperley 's reports in the Manchester Guardian
Japanese war crimes
Japanese war crimes
Xiang Zhejun