Gen. Hideki Tojo said Yasukuni ought only to honor dead vets

Gen. Hideki Tojo said Yasukuni ought only to honor dead vets

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of a secret document dated July 15, 1944, issued under the name of Army Minister Hideki Tojo. The document says only military personnel and civilian military employees whose deaths ''resulted directly from military service'' should be enshrined at Yasukuni.

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