Editing Iwane Matsui (section)

===Trial and execution===
On April 29, 1946, Iwane Matsui became one of twenty-eight individuals formally indicted before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), a tribunal established by the Allies of World War II to try Japanese war criminals. The prosecution charged Matsui with Class A war crimes or "crimes against peace", alleging that he had participated in a conspiracy to wage aggressive war against other countries, and also with Class B/C war crimes or "conventional war crimes", alleging that he was responsible for the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 to 1938.

On the night of December 22, 1948, Matsui met fellow condemned inmates [[Hideki Tojo]], [[Akira Mutō]], and [[Kenji Doihara]] at the prison chapel. As the oldest member of the group, Matsui was asked to lead them in shouting three cheers of banzai to [[Emperor Hirohito]]. Then he led the group up to the gallows where they were all hanged simultaneously shortly after midnight on the morning of December 23, 1948.
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