The Emperor's Trial: Hirohito: Guilty or Innocent is anan informative and educational book, a reference book that should beshould be read as an educational tool on Japan's war in Southeast Asiawar in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The book opensthe debate on Hirohito's responsibility for the crimes committed bycommitted by his army during the Second World War and begins a posthumousagainst the Japanese monarch before the Permanent Peoples' Tribunalthe Permanent Peoples' Tribunal for crimes against peace, war crimes andand crimes against humanity.