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@Dexx : were those trials for the Chinese-Japan war too (and so the "Nankin rape")? I have understood that the Japan crime trials were specifically for the WWII...
Considering to some WWII actually started in 1931, that could be answered in several ways.
But apart from the Imperial family (which the Americans apparently "needed" for general compliance of the populace), the Japanese didn't get let off particularly easily.
From wiki:
According to Japanese records, 5,700 Japanese individuals were indicted for Class B and Class C war crimes. Of this number, 984 were initially condemned to death; 475 received life sentences; 2,944 were given more limited prison terms; 1,018 were acquitted; and 279 were never brought to trial or not sentenced. The number of death sentences by country is as follows: the Netherlands 236, Great Britain 223, Australia 153, China 149, United States 140, France 26, and Philippines 17.[13] The Soviet Union and Chinese Communist forces also held trials for Japanese war criminals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East