Dynastian on Instagram: "In 1946, the Tokyo War Crimes Trials produced one of the most bizarre and unsettling scenes in modern legal history. During a court session of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japanese philosopher and nationalist ideologue Shōmei Ōkawa suddenly stood up and slapped former Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō on the head in full view of the judges, prosecutors, and international press. The act stunned the courtroom. Ōkawa had already been behaving erratically —

Explaining All Wars on Instagram: "Follow @explainingwars to learn everything about the wars one post at a time 🧠🔥 Shūmei Ōkawa and Hideki Tōjō were influential figures in Japan during the period surrounding World War II, but they played very different roles. Ōkawa was a nationalist intellectual and Pan-Asianist thinker who promoted the idea of Asian unity and criticized Western imperialism. His writings and ideas influenced some political and military leaders, though he was not a policymaker

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