Tojo

American

[toh-joh] / ˈtoʊ dʒoʊ /

noun

Hideki 1884–1948, Japanese general: executed for war crimes.

Tojo British

/ ˈtəʊdʒəʊ /

noun

Hideki (ˈhiːdɛˌkiː). 1885–1948, Japanese soldier and statesman; minister of war (1940–41) and premier (1941–44); hanged as a war criminal

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Risk and ripening at Apple, Tojo’s destructive plan, a father’s formidable presence and more.

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Hideki Tojo viewed the Japanese army as an instrument of divine destiny.

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In the early 1920s, Tojo joined other young officers to break the army’s old-school power structure.

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