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China Daily raps Japan PM Takaichi for recent Taiwan comments

Photo taken in Beijing on Nov. 24, 2025, shows the Nov. 24 edition of China's state-owned English-language newspaper China Daily satirically portraying Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi standing in front of a mirror and projecting herself as wartime Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. The paper branded Takaichi's recent remarks on Taiwan as "the militarist's path to revival."

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Peace advocacy by descendants of wartime leaders

(from L) Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, third-generation Holocaust survivor Magali Brosh, Jennifer Teege, granddaughter of a Nazi concentration camp commander, and Hidetoshi Tojo, great-grandson of Japan's wartime Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2025, as the year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. They will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki later in the month as part of the peace advocacy project "Hope 80."

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Bill with autographs of WW2 Japanese war criminals

Photo taken in DeKalb, Illinois, in November 2024 shows a 100-yen bill with autographs believed to be those of Japanese war criminals, including Class-A war criminals executed for war crimes after World War II, such as Japan's former Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948). The bill belonged to the late Donald Faivre, an Illinois farmer who served as a guard at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, where such war criminals were held during the Allied occupation.

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Arrival of Fc Porto players at Olival

Vila Nova de Gaia, 07/01/2024 - Start of work for the new season of the Fc Porto team at Olival Arrival at the Olival Sports Training and Training Center. First training 2024725 Oscar Tojo (Pedro Correia/Global Imagens)

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Japan's former Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo

Undated file photo shows Japan's former Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948). Tojo served as prime minister between 1941 and 1944 during World War II, and was one of the 14 Class-A war criminals executed by hanging for crimes against peace.

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Japanese antiwar journalist Muno turns 100

TOKYO, Japan - Takeji Muno, a prominent antiwar journalist in Japan whose career has included covering both wartime prime ministers, Fumimaru Konoe and Hideki Tojo, speaks during an interview in Saitama north of Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014, ahead of his 100th birthday on Jan.2, 2015. Wary of the "smells of war" brought about by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies such as a national secrecy law and the push for the right to exercise collective self-defense, Muno vowed to continue to speak out for as long as he lives.

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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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Katayama holds off Chand to win ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Shingo Katayama poses with his trophy at ABC Golf Club in the town of Tojo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 30 after winning the ABC Championship golf tournament.

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Granddaughter of Gen. Tojo loses in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Tojo, a granddaughter of Gen. Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime prime minister who was hanged after being convicted as a Class-A war criminal, speaks to Kyodo News in an interview. She dismisses as ''non-sense'' calls for building a government-funded memorial for the war dead.

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S. Korean Ku wins 1st title with Promise Ladies victory

TOJO, Japan - South Korean Ku Yun Hee smiles with her cup in hands after winning the Promise Ladies, her first Japan LPGA title, at Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 26.

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Yoneyama shares lead with S. Korean Ku at Promise Ladies

TOJO, Japan - South Korean Ku Yum Hee fires her driver shot during the second round of the Promise Ladies at Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 25. She made five birdies against one bogey for a round of 68 to stay in a tie for first with Japan's Midori Yoneyama.

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Yoneyama shares lead with S. Korean Ku at Promise Ladies

TOJO, Japan - Midori Yoneyama is in action during the second round of the Promise Ladies at Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 25. She fired a 2-under-par 70, leaving her in a tie for first with South Korean Ku Yum Hee.

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Inoue hangs on to win ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Makoto Inoue holds up his trophy at the ABS Golf Course in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 31 after winning the ABC championship golf tournament.

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Kamiyama moves into lead at ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Takashi Kamiyama opened up a one-stroke lead after shooting a 6-under-par 66 at the midway point of the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Course on Oct. 29.

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Sasaki takes 1st-round lead at ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Hisayuki Sasaki jump-started his way to possibly winning his first tour title in seven years on Oct. 28 when he took a one-shot lead over Toshimitsu Izawa with an opening round 6-under-par 66 at the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Course in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Fujii beats Kimura in playoff to win Promise Ladies

TOJO, Japan - Kasumi Fujii beams with her cup in hand after winning her first title in 14 months and sixth overall by defeating veteran Toshimi Kimura in a two-way playoff of the Promise Ladies at the Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 27.

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Kitada climbs into lead at Promise Ladies 2nd round

TOJO, Japan - Third-year pro Rui Kitada carded 7-under-par 65 to jump into the lead after the second round of the Promise Ladies at the Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 26.

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Katayama cruises to victory in ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Shingo Katayama smiles with his cup in hands after winning the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 2.

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Katayama reclaims lead at ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Shingo Katayama watches his shot during the third round of the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Club on Nov. 1. He reclaimed sole possession of the lead with a two-stroke advantage over Katsumasa Miyamoto and Hiroyuki Fujita on 15-under 201.

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Hiratsuka shoots record 63 to take ABC C'ship lead

TOJO, Japan - Unheralded Tetsuji Hiratsuka reeled off six birdies through his last seven holes en route to a course record 9-under-par 63 and a one-stroke lead over Shingo Katayama at the midway point of the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Course on Oct. 31.

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Katayama takes lead at ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Shingo Katayama watches his driving shot during the first round of ABC Championship at ABC Golf Club on Oct. 30. Katayama equaled a course record 8-under-par 64 to take a three-stroke lead after the first round.

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Lee shoots 67 to seal Promise Ladies title

TOJO, Japan - South Korean Lee Ji Hee holds up the winners' trophy after winning the 60 million yen Promise Ladies at Water Hills Golf Club in the town of Tojo, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 13.

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Australia's Jones wins Philip Morris Championship

TOJO, Japan - Brendan Jones of Australia holds trophies after winning the Philip Morris Championship on Nov. 3 at the ABC Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Nobusuke Kishi

Born Nov. 13, 1896 in Yamaguchi Prefecture and deceased on Aug. 7, 1987. Kishi was a bureaucrat-turned politician who served as prime minister between 1957 and 1960. As a member of the cabinet of Hideki Tojo from 1941 to 1944, Kishi was in charge of Japan's economic mobilization in the war against the U.S. Though imprisoned by the occupation authorities as a class-A war criminal, he was released in 1948. As prime minister, Kishi signed the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in 1960. Kishi had great influence in Japan's conservative political community until he died at the age of 90. His younger brother Eisaku Sato also served as prime minister. (Photo was taken on Dec. 23, 1964)

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Hideki Tojo

Born on Dec. 30, 1884 and died on Dec. 23, 1948. Tojo was army general and served as prime minister from 1941 to 1944. In July 1940, Tojo was appointed to the post of army minister and pushed for the conclusion of the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy. Following his taking office as prime minister in October 1941, Japan made a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 (Dec. 8 Japan time). In July 1944, he was removed from office. Just before being arrested as a class A war criminal, he attempted to kill himself on Sept. 11, 1945. Tojo was indicted by the International Military Tribunal and was hanged on Dec. 23, 1948.

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Izawa wins Philip Morris Championship

TOJO, Japan - Golfer Toshimitsu Izawa waves to the gallery on Oct. 28 after winning the Philip Morris Championship at the ABC Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.

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Boy kidnapped, but released safely in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Seto (R) and his wife Miho, whose son Yuta was released safely Oct. 15 about seven hours after he was kidnapped in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, leave their home in the same ward to head for the Itabashi Police Station. Yuta, a 7-year-old elementary school boy, was released at Tokiwadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line and recovered at around 4:05 p.m. near Oyama Station on the same line.

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Sasaki takes 1st-round lead at ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Hisayuki Sasaki jump-started his way to possibly winning his first tour title in seven years on Oct. 28 when he took a one-shot lead over Toshimitsu Izawa with an opening round 6-under-par 66 at the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Course in Hyogo Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Kamiyama moves into lead at ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Takashi Kamiyama opened up a one-stroke lead after shooting a 6-under-par 66 at the midway point of the ABC Championship at ABC Golf Course on Oct. 29. (Kyodo)

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Inoue hangs on to win ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Makoto Inoue holds up his trophy at the ABS Golf Course in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 31 after winning the ABC championship golf tournament. (Kyodo)

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Yoneyama shares lead with S. Korean Ku at Promise Ladies

TOJO, Japan - South Korean Ku Yum Hee fires her driver shot during the second round of the Promise Ladies at Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 25. She made five birdies against one bogey for a round of 68 to stay in a tie for first with Japan's Midori Yoneyama. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean Ku wins 1st title with Promise Ladies victory

TOJO, Japan - South Korean Ku Yun Hee is thrown into a pond by her playmates after capturing her first Japan LPGA title with a victory at the Promise Ladies Water Hills Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 26. Ku, who shared the lead with Midori Yoneyama after two rounds, made six birdies in a bogey-free round to claim a one-stroke victory over Junko Omote with a three-day total of 15-under 201. (Kyodo)

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Katayama holds off Chand to win ABC Championship

TOJO, Japan - Shingo Katayama poses with his trophy at ABC Golf Club in the town of Tojo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 30 after winning the ABC Championship golf tournament. (Kyodo)

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Boy kidnapped, but released safely in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Seto (R) and his wife Miho, whose son Yuta was released safely Oct. 15 about seven hours after he was kidnapped in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, leave their home in the same ward to head for the Itabashi Police Station. Yuta, a 7-year-old elementary school boy, was released at Tokiwadai Station on the Tobu Tojo Line and recovered at around 4:05 p.m. near Oyama Station on the same line.

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Izawa wins Philip Morris Championship

TOJO, Japan - Golfer Toshimitsu Izawa waves to the gallery on Oct. 28 after winning the Philip Morris Championship at the ABC Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.

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American Ninja 2: The Confront (1987)

Mike Stone Characters: Tojo Ken Film: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) Director: Sam Firstenberg 01 May 1987 Date: 01 May 1987

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1941 The Times Tojo gives speech to Japanese Diet

1941 page 4 The Times Tojo gives speech to Japanese Diet, fierce fighting on Eastern Front, British and Ethiopian Forces advance on Gondar, U.S. sieze German Liner Odenwald in Puerto Rico and Roosevelt and Cordell Hull in diplomatic talks with Japans Special Envoy Saruru Kurusu and Ambassador Admiral Nomura Date: 18th November 1941

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1941 Sunday Express Russian Army retakes Orel

1941 front page Sunday Express Russian Army retakes Orel and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 19th October 1941

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1941 The Times Battle for Moscow

1941 page 4 The Times Battle for Moscow, General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Sergeant John Hinson wins Victoria Cross Date: 18th October 1941

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1941 Daily Herald Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Herald Battle for Moscow and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 20th October 1941

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1941 Daily Herald Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Herald Battle for Moscow, General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet and Sergeant John Hinson wins Victoria Cross Date: 18th October 1941

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1941 Hong Kong Telegraph Tojo gives speech to Japanese Diet

1941 front page Hong Kong Telegraph Tojo gives speech to Japanese Diet Date: 17th November 1941

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1941 The Times Battle for Moscow

1941 page 4 The Times Battle for Moscow, Wendell Willkie calls on U.S. to join the war and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 20th October 1941

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1941 Daily Mirror Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Mirror Battle for Moscow, Howard Trevor charged for the murder of Theodora Greenhill and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 20th October 1941

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1945 Daily Mail Attempted suicide of Hideki Tojo

1945 Daily Mail front page reporting the attempted suicide of Hideki Tojo Date: 12th September 1945

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WWII - Wanted! Hitler and Admiral Tojo- First Day Cover

WWII - Wanted: Dead or Alive! Adolf Hitler and Japanese General Hideki Tojo (a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II) - \'Must be brought to jusice in 1944!\' - First Day Cover1944

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Hideki Tojo ice cream bars sold in Shanghai

Photo shows ice cream bars resembling executed Japanese class-A war criminal Hideki Tojo being sold by an ice cream chain in Shanghai on Sept. 3, 2015. China marked the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends offering as Cabinet ministers visit war-linked shrine

Visitors line up at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine to pray for the war dead on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Shinto shrine has been a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and several of its Asian neighbors as it honors wartime Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo and other convicted war criminals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends offering as Cabinet ministers visit war-linked shrine

Visitors line up at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine to pray for the war dead on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Shinto shrine has been a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and several of its Asian neighbors as it honors wartime Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo and other convicted war criminals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Final words, belongings of Class A war criminals shown at temple

Photo taken at Sorinji, a Buddhist temple in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Sept. 12, 2015, shows a copy of signatures written in ink by seven Japanese Class A war criminals, including that of wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (3rd from R), just before they were hanged on Dec. 23, 1948. It is one of items shown on public display at the temple. They were given by the criminals' kin and other persons involved to chief priest Shocho Hanayama's grandfather Shinsho, who served as a chaplain at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo and was the only Japanese present to witness the Class A criminals being hanged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo