Japanese government of Hideki Tōjō

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The Japanese government of Hideki Tōjō was the wartime cabinet that led Imperial Japan during much of World War II, overseeing its military expansion and eventual defeat.

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instanceOf Japanese cabinet
wartime government
alliance Axis Powers NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs First Tōjō Cabinet NERFINISHED
Second Tōjō Cabinet NERFINISHED
Tōjō Cabinet NERFINISHED
authorizedMilitaryOperation Burma Campaign (initial phase) NERFINISHED
Malayan Campaign NERFINISHED
attack on Pearl Harbor
invasion of the Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942) NERFINISHED
capital Tokyo NERFINISHED
conflict Pacific War
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolutionMethod resignation of Hideki Tōjō as Prime Minister
endTime 1944-07-22
followedBy Japanese government of Kuniaki Koiso NERFINISHED
foreignPolicyOrientation militarist expansionism
formedDuring World War II NERFINISHED
governmentHeadTitle Prime Minister of Japan
headOfGovernment Hideki Tōjō NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Shōwa era NERFINISHED
ideology Japanese militarism
ultranationalism
implementedPolicy Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere NERFINISHED
National Mobilization Law measures
conscription expansion
state control of industry for war production
suppression of political dissent
tightened control over the press and propaganda
total war mobilization in Japan
legislature Imperial Diet NERFINISHED
monarch Emperor Shōwa NERFINISHED
oversawEvent Allied island-hopping campaign
Battle of Midway NERFINISHED
Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED
intensification of strategic bombing of Japan
partOf history of World War II in the Pacific
political history of Japan
precededBy Japanese government of Fumimaro Konoe (Third Konoe Cabinet) NERFINISHED
reasonForEnd loss of confidence by Emperor Shōwa
military setbacks of Japan in World War II
political pressure from military and civilian leaders
responsibleFor atrocities against civilian populations in occupied territories
escalation of war against China
escalation of war against the British Empire
escalation of war against the Netherlands
escalation of war against the United States
mistreatment of prisoners of war
war crimes committed by Imperial Japanese forces
startTime 1941-10-18

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Shigetarō Shimada memberOf Japanese government of Hideki Tōjō