Hideki Tojo

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Hideki Tojo was a Japanese general and Prime Minister during World War II who played a central role in Japan’s militaristic expansion and was later convicted as a war criminal.

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Hideki Tōjō 2
Tojo 1
Tojo Hideki 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Army general
Japanese general
Prime Minister of Japan
convicted war criminal
human
military officer
politician
war criminal
allegiance Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
causeOfDeath hanging
charge Class A war crimes
commanded Japanese Kwantung Army
surface form: Kwantung Army
convictedBy International Military Tribunal for the Far East
convictedOf war crimes
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1884-12-30
dateOfDeath 1948-12-23
educatedAt Imperial Japanese Army Academy
surface form: Army War College (Japan)

Imperial Japanese Army Academy
endTime 1944-07-22
era Showa era
surface form: Shōwa period
familyName Hideki Tojo self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tojo
givenName Hideki
ideology Japanese ultranationalism
militarism
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Imperial Rule Assistance Association
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
militaryRank general
name Hideki Tojo self-link
nativeName 東條 英機
notableFor leading Japan during much of World War II
role in planning and prosecuting Japanese expansion in Asia
numberOfChildren 7
officeEndForPrimeMinister 1944-07-22
officeStartForPrimeMinister 1941-10-18
participantIn Pacific War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II
placeOfBirth Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Tokyo
placeOfDeath Japan
Sugamo Prison
Tokyo
positionHeld Army Minister in the Japanese government
Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army
Home Minister of Japan
Minister of War of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
precededBy Fumimaro Konoe
religion Shinto
sentence death
sexOrGender male
spouse Katsuko Ito
startTime 1941-10-18
succeededBy Koiso Kuniaki
surface form: Kuniaki Koiso

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Hideki Tojo familyName Hideki Tojo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tojo
Hideki Tojo name Hideki Tojo self-link
this entity surface form: Hideki Tōjō
this entity surface form: Tōjō Hideki
Axis notableLeader Hideki Tojo
Sugamo Prison notablePrisoner Hideki Tojo
this entity surface form: Tojo Hideki
this entity surface form: Hideki Tōjō
東條 英機 ローマ字表記 Hideki Tojo