Rundown of Japan's 14 Class-A war criminals

From: China Daily | Date: June 8, 2005 | Copyright information

(1) Hideki Tojo (December 30, 1884 - December 23, 1948)

Tojo was a member of the military clique that pushed Japan into its all-out war against the Chinese in the 1930s.

He rose from chief of the Manchurian (Northeast China) secret police in 1935 to councillor of Manchurian Affairs Bureau in 1936 and Chief of Staff of the Kwangtung Army and Chief of the Kempeitai.

As War Minister in 1940, he was instrumental in leading Japan into the Axis Alliance with Germany and Italy.

By 1941 he was appointed prime minister by Emperor Hirohito and took command of the entire Japanese military.

As the ...

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