Why is Hideki Tojo famous?

Wartime leader of Japan's government, General Tôjô Hideki (1884-1948), with his close-cropped hair, mustache, and round spectacles, became for Allied propagandists one of the most commonly caricatured members of Japan's military dictatorship throughout the Pacific war. read more

Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister of Japan in the years before and during and a General in the chain of command of the Imperial Japanese Army. Unfortunately though he was forced to resign due to lack of faith in his ability to salvage the deteriorating situation Japan was in. read more

Wartime leader of Japan’s government, General Tôjô Hideki (1884-1948), with his close-cropped hair, mustache, and round spectacles, became for Allied propagandists one of the most commonly caricatured members of Japan’s military dictatorship throughout the Pacific war. read more

Hideki Tojo came to be known as kamisori (the razor) for the sharp, decisive, impatient qualities that he manifested as he rose rapidly through the military hierarchy. Over the course of his tenure as prime minister, Tojo gradually placed himself in direct charge of the army, foreign affairs, commerce, education, and the munitions industry. read more