Hidetoshi Tojo, the leader’s great-grandson, told the Associated Press that the absence of the remains has long been a humiliation for the bereaved families, ...

Shortly after Tojo and the other convicted war criminals were hanged in December 1948, the American military began a tense mission to dispose of their ashes.The effort was conducted behind locked ...

Hideki Tojo, prime minister during much of World War II, is a complicated figure, revered by some conservatives as a patriot but loathed by many in the West for prolonging the war, which ended ...

Tojo was eventually put on trial for war crimes and executed in 1948. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad "I never wanted it in the first place," Wilpers, 90, ...

Tojo’s support is mixed among voters in Tokyo, where she plans to run for office. Even conservatives appear hesitant to back her. “I support her ideals,” said Hiroshi Watase, 70, a retiree.

Tojo was tried and convicted — along with 24 other Class-A war criminals — of crimes against peace and humanity at a civilian tribunal convened in Tokyo. Advertisement.

Hidekazu Tojo came to Vancouver from Osaka, Japan in 1971. Young, ambitious, and classically trained in sushi arts, he was a perfect match for Shigeru Hirai, who was looking for a young chef to ...

Tojo, who had ordered the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into the war, shot himself in 1945 trying to commit suicide.

General Tojo’s trial didn’t go well for him, and he was executed late in 1948. Jack had been back in the states for over a year, reuniting with his wife and starting a dental practice.

Yuko Tojo, sitting at a table in a Tokyo cafe, unpacks a small box and removes a set of family mementos: two pencil stubs, an improvised paper cigarette holder, a few locks of hair in an ...