CORRECTED: CORRECTED: Kansai Univ. displays microfiche on executed war criminals

CORRECTED: CORRECTED: Kansai Univ. displays microfiche on executed war criminals

Photo taken in August 2015 shows microfiche recording U.S. military documents on the execution of B- and C-class Japanese war criminals convicted in the Philippines after the end of World War II. The microfiche, which are copies of U.S. National Archives originals, were discovered at Japan's National Diet Library by a law professor at Kansai University in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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