Geneva Conventions

The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties and three additional protocols that set the standards in international law for humanitarian treatment of the victims of war. The singular term Geneva Convention refers to the agreements of 1949, negotiated in the aftermath of World War II, updating the terms of the first three treaties and adding a fourth treaty. The language is extensive, with articles defining the basic rights of those captured during a military conflict, establishing protections for the wounded, and addressing protections for civilians in and around a war zone.

Geneva Conventions in Days of Infamy
Japan never signed the Geneva Conventions. In therefore allowing its military to show aggressive and inhumane treatments of soldiers, Prisoners of War, and civilians alike, especially during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Their brutality is mainly driven by their native, imperialistic ideology of war. During Japan's takeover of Hawaii, the Japanese barred no hold in harming Red Cross medics. During the occupation, the Japanese military severely punish the civilian population if they disobey Japanese rule, even if they didn't "respect" passing soldiers in kowtowing. In one incident, school Principle Murphy was executed via decapitation in response for violating Japanese rules for secretly keeping a radio. Furthermore, American POWs were treated badly as the Japanese were contempt to the ideas of surrender and taking prisoner. In which they forced work the POWs in building defenses and repairing damages caused during the invasion. These labors were specifically used in working the POWs to death.