Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tōjō | |
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東條 英機 | |
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40th Prime Minister of Japan Leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association |
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In office October 17, 1941 – July 22, 1944 |
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Monarch | Hirohito |
Preceded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
Succeeded by | Kuniaki Koiso |
Minister of War | |
In office July 22, 1940 – July 22, 1944 |
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Monarch | Hirohito |
Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe (1940–1941) Himself (1941–1944) |
Preceded by | Hata Shunroku |
Succeeded by | Hajime Sugiyama |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Shigenori Tōgō |
Succeeded by | Masayuki Tani |
Personal details | |
Born | Kōjimachi ward, Tokyo, Japan |
December 30, 1884
Died | December 23, 1948 Tokyo, Occupied Japan |
(aged 63)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging[1] |
Political party | Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945) |
Other political affiliations |
Independent (before 1940) |
Spouse(s) | Katsuko Ito (1890–1982) |
Children | 3 sons, 4 daughters |
Alma mater | |
Religion | Jodo Shinshu |
Awards | |
Signature | ![]() |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Rank | General |
Commands | Kwantung Army (1932–1934) |
Battles/wars |
Hideki Tōjō (Kyūjitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機; Tōjō Hideki (help·info); December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944. As Prime Minister, he was responsible for ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor, which initiated war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun in April 1941 before he entered office. After the end of the war, Tojo was arrested, sentenced to death for Japanese war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, and hanged on December 23, 1948.[1]
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Early life and education[edit]
Hideki Tojo was born in the Kōjimachi district of Tokyo on December 30, 1884,[2] as the 3rd son of Hidenori Tojo, a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army.[3] In 1899, Tojo entered the Army Cadet School. When he graduated from the Japanese Military Academy (ranked 10th of 363 cadets[citation needed]) in March 1905 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry of the IJA. In 1909, he married Katsuko Ito, with whom he would have three sons (Hidetake, Teruo and Toshio) and four daughters (Mitsue, Makie, Sachie and Kimie).[4][5] By 1928, he had become the bureau chief of the Japanese Army, and was shortly thereafter promoted to colonel. He began to take an interest in militarist politics during his command of the 1st Infantry Regiment.
Career[edit]
As general[edit]
In 1934, Tojo was promoted to major general and served as Chief of the Personnel Department within the Army Ministry.[6] He was appointed commander of the IJA 24th Infantry Brigade in August 1934.[7] In September 1935, Tojo assumed top command of the Kempeitai of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria. Politically, he was fascist, nationalist, and militarist, and was nicknamed "Razor" (カミソリ Kamisori?), for his reputation of having a sharp and legalistic mind capable of quick decision-making.[8]
During the February 26 coup attempt of 1936, Tojo and Shigeru Honjō, a noted supporter of Sadao Araki, both opposed the rebels.[9] Emperor Hirohito himself was outraged at the attacks on his close advisers, and after a brief political crisis and stalling on the part of a sympathetic military, the rebels were forced to surrender. In the aftermath, the Tōseiha faction was able to purge the Army of radical officers, and the coup leaders were tried and executed. Following the purge, Tōseiha and Kōdōha elements were unified in their nationalist but highly anti-political stance under the banner of the Toseiha military clique, with Tojo in the leadership position. Tojo was promoted to Chief of staff of the Kwangtung Army in 1937.[10] As Chief of staff, Tojo was responsible for the military operations designed to increase Japanese penetration into the Inner Mongolia border regions with Manchukuo. In July 1937, he personally led the units of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade in Operation Chahar, his only real combat experience.[11]
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident marking the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Tojo ordered his forces to attack Hebei Province and other targets in northern China. Tojo received Jewish refugees in accordance with Japanese national policy and rejected the resulting Nazi German protests.[12] Tojo was recalled to Japan in May 1938 to serve as Vice-Minister of War under Army Minister Seishirō Itagaki.[13] From December 1938 to 1940, Tojo was Inspector-General of Army Aviation.[14]
Rise to Prime Minister[edit]
On July 30, 1940, Hideki Tojo was appointed Army Minister in the second Fumimaro Konoe regime, and remained in that post in the third Konoe cabinet. He was a strong supporter of the Tripartite Pact between Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy. As the Army Minister, he continued to expand the war with China.[citation needed] After negotiations with Vichy France, Japan was given permission to place its troops in French Indochina in July 1941. In spite of its formal recognition of the Vichy government, the United States retaliated against Japan by imposing economic sanctions in August, including a total embargo on oil and gasoline exports.[15] On September 6, a deadline of early October was fixed in the Imperial Conference for resolving the situation diplomatically. On October 14, the deadline had passed with no progress. Prime Minister Konoe then held his last cabinet meeting, where Tojo did most of the talking:
For the past six months, ever since April, the foreign minister has made painstaking efforts to adjust relations. Although I respect him for that, we remain deadlocked ... The heart of the matter is the imposition on us of withdrawal from Indochina and China ... If we yield to America's demands, it will destroy the fruits of the China incident. Manchukuo will be endangered and our control of Korea undermined.[16]
The prevailing opinion within the Japanese Army at that time was that continued negotiations could be dangerous. However, Hirohito thought that he might be able to control extreme opinions in the army by using the charismatic and well-connected Tojo, who had expressed reservations regarding war with the West, although the Emperor himself was skeptical that Tojo would be able to avoid conflict. On October 13, he declared to Kōichi Kido: "There seems little hope in the present situation for the Japan-U.S. negotiations. This time, if hostilities erupt, I have to issue a declaration of war."[17]
On October 16, Konoe, politically isolated and convinced that the Emperor no longer trusted him, resigned. Later, he justified himself to his chief cabinet secretary, Kenji Tomita:
Of course His Majesty is a pacifist, and there is no doubt he wished to avoid war. When I told him that to initiate war is a mistake, he agreed. But the next day, he would tell me: "You were worried about it yesterday, but you do not have to worry so much." Thus, gradually, he began to lean toward war. And the next time I met him, he leaned even more toward war. In short, I felt the Emperor was telling me: "My prime minister does not understand military matters, I know much more." In short, the Emperor had absorbed the views of the army and navy high commands.[18]
At the time, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni was said to be the only person who could control the Army and the Navy and was recommended by Konoe and Tojo as Konoe's replacement. Hirohito rejected this option, arguing that a member of the imperial family should not have to eventually carry the responsibility for a war against the West. Following the advice of Kōichi Kido, he chose instead Tojo, who was known for his devotion to the imperial institution.[19][20] The Emperor summoned Tojo to the Imperial Palace one day before Tojo took office.[citation needed]
Tojo wrote in his diary: "I thought I was summoned because the Emperor was angry at my opinion." He was given one order from the Emperor: to make a policy review of what had been sanctioned by the Imperial Conferences. Tojo, who was on the side of the war, nevertheless accepted this order, and pledged to obey. According to Colonel Akiho Ishii, a member of the Army General Staff, the Prime Minister showed a true sense of loyalty to the emperor performing this duty. For example, when Ishii received from Hirohito a communication saying the Army should drop the idea of stationing troops in China to counter the military operations of the Western powers, he wrote a reply for the Prime Minister for his audience with the Emperor. Tojo then replied to Ishii: "If the Emperor said it should be so, then that's it for me. One cannot recite arguments to the Emperor. You may keep your finely phrased memorandum."[21]
On November 2, Tojo and Chiefs of Staff Hajime Sugiyama and Osami Nagano reported to Hirohito that the review had been in vain. The Emperor then gave his consent to war.[22][23] The next day, Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano explained in detail the Pearl Harbor attack plan to Hirohito.[24] The eventual plan drawn up by Army and Navy Chiefs of Staff envisaged such a mauling of the Western powers that Japanese defense perimeter lines—operating on interior lines of communications and inflicting heavy Western casualties—could not be breached. In addition, the Japanese fleet which attacked Pearl Harbor was under orders from Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto to be prepared to return to Japan on a moment's notice, should negotiations succeed.[citation needed] Two days later on November 5, Hirohito approved the operations plan for a war against the West and continued to hold meetings with the military and Tojo until the end of the month. On December 1, another conference finally sanctioned the "war against the United States, England, and Holland".[25]
As Prime Minister[edit]
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Tojo continued to hold the position of Army Minister during his term as Prime Minister, from October 17, 1941 to July 22, 1944. He also served concurrently as Home Minister from 1941–1942, Foreign Minister in September 1942, Education Minister in 1943, and Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1943.
As Education Minister, he continued militaristic and nationalist indoctrination in the national education system, and reaffirmed totalitarian policies in government. As Home Minister, he ordered various eugenics measures (including the sterilization of the "mentally unfit").
Tojo had popular support in the early years of the war as Japanese forces moved from one victory to another. However, after the Battle of Midway, with the tide of war turning against Japan, Tojo faced increasing opposition from within the government and military. To strengthen his position, in February 1944, Tojo assumed the post of Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. However, after the fall of Saipan, he was forced to resign on July 18, 1944.[citation needed]
Capture, trial, and execution[edit]
After Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945, U.S. general Douglas MacArthur issued orders for the arrest of the first forty alleged war criminals, including Tojo. Soon, Tojo's home in Setagaya was besieged with newsmen and photographers. Three American GIs (Corporal Paul Korol, Private First Class John Potkul, and Private First Class James Safford) and two Office of Strategic Services Officers (one of whom was John J. Wilpers, Jr., who received the Bronze Star for his efforts at age 90 in 2010 and died in 2013)[26] were sent to serve the arrest warrant on Tojo.[27]
Two American war correspondents, Hugh Bailey and Russell Braun, had previously interviewed Tojo and were also present when the attempt was made to serve the arrest warrant. Inside, a doctor named Suzuki had marked Tojo's chest with charcoal to indicate the location of his heart. When American military police surrounded the house on September 11, 1945, they heard a muffled shot from inside. Major Paul Kraus and a group of military police burst in, followed by George Jones, a reporter for The New York Times. Tojo had shot himself in the chest with a pistol, but despite shooting directly through the mark, the bullets missed his heart and penetrated his stomach.
Now disarmed and with blood gushing out of his chest, Tojo began to talk, and two Japanese reporters recorded his murmured words: "I am very sorry it is taking me so long to die. The Greater East Asia War was justified and righteous. I am very sorry for the nation and all the races of the Greater Asiatic powers. I wait for the righteous judgment of history. I wished to commit suicide but sometimes that fails."[28]
Tojo was arrested and underwent emergency surgery in a U.S. Army hospital. After recovering from his injuries, Tojo was moved to Sugamo Prison. While there he received a new set of dentures made by an American dentist. The phrase "Remember Pearl Harbor" had been secretly drilled into the teeth in Morse code.[29] (The dentist ground away the message three months later.[30] ) Thereafter, when the subsequent arrest was to occur for Admiral Shimada, military police, a physician, and an ambulance were included in that arrest process, as the U.S. learned from Tojo's suicide attempt.
Tojo was tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for war crimes and found guilty of the following:[31]
- Count 1 (waging wars of aggression, and war or wars in violation of international law)
- Count 27 (waging unprovoked war against the Republic of China)
- Count 29 (waging aggressive war against the United States of America)
- Count 31 (waging aggressive war against the British Commonwealth of Nations)
- Count 32 (waging aggressive war against the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- Count 33 (waging aggressive war against the French Republic)
- Count 54 (ordering, authorizing, and permitting inhumane treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs) and others)
Hideki Tojo accepted full responsibility in the end for his actions during the war, and made this speech:
It is natural that I should bear entire responsibility for the war in general, and, needless to say, I am prepared to do so. Consequently, now that the war has been lost, it is presumably necessary that I be judged so that the circumstances of the time can be clarified and the future peace of the world be assured. Therefore, with respect to my trial, it is my intention to speak frankly, according to my recollection, even though when the vanquished stands before the victor, who has over him the power of life and death, he may be apt to toady and flatter. I mean to pay considerable attention to this in my actions, and say to the end that what is true is true and what is false is false. To shade one's words in flattery to the point of untruthfulness would falsify the trial and do incalculable harm to the nation, and great care must be taken to avoid this.[32][1]
Tojo was sentenced to death on November 12, 1948 and executed by hanging 41 days later on December 23, 1948. Before his execution he gave his military ribbons to Private First Class Kincaid, one of his guards; they are now on display in the National Museum for Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida.[33] In his final statements, he apologized for the atrocities committed by the Japanese military and urged the American military to show compassion toward the Japanese people, who had suffered devastating air attacks and the two atomic bombings.[34]
Historians Herbert P. Bix and John W. Dower criticize the work done by General Douglas MacArthur and his staff to exonerate Emperor Hirohito and all members of the imperial family from criminal prosecutions. According to them, MacArthur and Brigadier General Bonner Fellers worked to protect the Emperor and shift ultimate responsibility to Tojo.[35][36][37]
According to the written report of Shūichi Mizota, interpreter for Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, Fellers met the two men at his office on March 6, 1946 and told Yonai: "It would be most convenient if the Japanese side could prove to us that the Emperor is completely blameless. I think the forthcoming trials offer the best opportunity to do that. Tojo, in particular, should be made to bear all responsibility at this trial."[38][39]
The sustained intensity of this campaign to protect the Emperor was revealed when, in testifying before the tribunal on December 31, 1947, Tojo momentarily strayed from the agreed-upon line concerning imperial innocence and referred to the Emperor's ultimate authority. The American-led prosecution immediately arranged that he be secretly coached to recant this testimony. Ryūkichi Tanaka, a former general who testified at the trial and had close connections with chief prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan, was used as an intermediary to persuade Tojo to revise his testimony.[40]
Legacy[edit]
Tojo's commemorating tomb is located in a shrine in Hazu, Aichi (now Nishio, Aichi), and he is one of those enshrined at the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. His ashes are divided between Yasukuni Shrine and Zōshigaya Cemetery in Toshima ward, Tokyo.
He was survived by a number of his descendants, including his granddaughter, Yūko Tojo, who was a right-wing nationalist and political hopeful who claimed Japan's war was one of self-defense and that it was unfair that her grandfather was judged a Class-A war criminal. Tojo's second son, Teruo Tojo, who designed fighter and passenger aircraft during and after the war, eventually served as an executive at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
In popular culture[edit]
- During World War II, the IJAAS fighter plane known as the Nakajima Ki-44 received the Allied reporting name of Tojo.[41]
- In the 1970 film, Tora! Tora! Tora!, directed by Toshio Masuda, Tojo is portrayed by Asao Uchida at various events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack.
- In 1970's The Militarists, directed by Hiromichi Horikawa, he is portrayed by Keiju Kobayashi as a tyrant, and in an alternate history angle, stays Prime Minister until the end of the war.
- In 1981's The Imperial Japanese Empire, he is portrayed by Tetsurō Tamba as a family man who single-handedly planned the war against America, and the film deals with his war crimes trial.
- In a 1983 song “Tojo” by Australian band Hoodoo Gurus.
- The Shunya Itō-directed historical drama Pride, released in 1998, cast Masahiko Tsugawa as Tojo.
- In the 2004 Shyam Benegal Biopic, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero, the role of Tojo was portrayed by Kelly Dorjee
- In 2012's Emperor, Hideki Tojo is portrayed by Shôhei Hino.
- In 2014, the History Channel's miniseries The World Wars, Tojo as a youth is portrayed by Koji Oshashi, and as an adult by Garret T. Sato.
- In 2016, the Paradox Interactive's game Hearts of Iron 4 features Tojo as a character in the Japanese government.
- In the television series King of the Hill, Hank Hill's father Cotton (a World War II veteran) frequently refers to Japanese soldiers as "Tojos."
Honors[edit]
From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (July 7, 1937)
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (April 29, 1940)
- Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd Class (April 29, 1940)
- Grand Cordon of the Grand Order of the Orchid Blossom, Manchukuo
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Illustrious Dragon, Manchukuo
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Auspicious Clouds, Manchukuo
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Pillars of State, Manchukuo
- Order of Chula Chom Klao, Thailand
- Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class of Order of the White Elephant, Thailand
- Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold, with Star, Nazi Germany
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Yenne, p. 337.
- ^ Gorman, p. 43.
- ^ Butow, p. 4.
- ^ Baudot, p. 455.
- ^ Courtney Browne, Tojo: The Last Banzai, Angus & Robertson, 1967, pp. 170–171
- ^ Fredrikson, p. 507.
- ^ Lamont-Brown, p. 65.
- ^ Toland, p. [page needed].
- ^ Takemae & Ricketts, p. 221.
- ^ Dear & Foot, p. 872.
- ^ Cowley & Parker, p. 473.
- ^ Goodman & Miyazawa, p. 113.
- ^ Kato, p. 127.
- ^ The New International Year Book, p. 320.
- ^ Toland, p. [page needed].
- ^ Bix, p. 417.
- ^ Kido, p. 914.
- ^ Fujiwara, p. 126.
- ^ Bix, p. 418.
- ^ Terasaki, p. 118.
- ^ Wetzler, pp. 51–52.
- ^ Wetzler, pp. 47–50.
- ^ Bix, p. 421.
- ^ Wetzler, pp. 29, 35.
- ^ Wetzler, pp. 28–30, 39.
- ^ "John Wilpers, WWII veteran and Tojo captor, dies at 93". BBC News Online. March 4, 2013.
- ^ Washington Post
- ^ Toland, pp. 871–872.
- ^ Countis.
- ^ "Dentist Played Prank on Tojo's Teeth". CS Monitor. August 17, 1995.
- ^ International Military Tribunal for the Far East. "Judgment of 4 November 1948". In Pritchard, John; Zaide, Sonia M. The Tokyo War Crimes Trial (PDF). pp. 49843–49848.
- ^ Crowe, p. 217.
- ^ "Tojo's ribbons go on display at Pensacola naval museum". The Florida Times‑Union. November 11, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
- ^ Toland, p. 873.
- ^ Bix, pp. 583–585.
- ^ Dower, pp. 324–326.
- ^ Yenne, pp. 337–338.
- ^ Toyoda, pp. 170–172.
- ^ Bix, p. 584.
- ^ Dower, pp. 325, 604–605.
- ^ Mikesh, Robert C. (1993). Japanese Aircraft Code Names & Designations. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-88740-447-4.
Bibliography[edit]
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- Yenne, Bill (2014). The Imperial Japanese Army: The Invincible Years 1941–42. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-932-0. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
Further reading[edit]
- Swint, Kerwin (2011). The King Whisperers: Power Behind the Throne from Rasputin to Rove. New York: Union Square Press. pp. 163–170. ISBN 978-1-4027-7201-6.
- Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1993). Warlord: Tojo Against the World. Scarborough House. pp. 195–201.
- Ben Ami Shillony (1981). Politics and culture in wartime Japan. Oxford University Press. pp. 62–63.
External links[edit]
- WW2DB: Hideki Tojo
- Hideki Tojo Quotes
- Address by Tojo Hideki, Premier of Japan at the Wayback Machine (archived March 12, 2008)
- Hideki Tojo's grave at Findagrave
- Hideki Tojo at the Internet Movie Database
- The Kokomo Tribune. September 10, 1945.
- "Terror of Asia Gives Interview on Many Topics". Prescott Evening Courier. Sep 10, 1945.
- "Tojo's Death Plotted in 1944, Is Disclosure". The Evening Independent. October 10, 1945.
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Minister of War 1940–1944 |
Succeeded by Hajime Sugiyama |
Preceded by Fumimaro Konoe |
Prime Minister of Japan 1941–1944 |
Succeeded by Kuniaki Koiso |
Preceded by Harumichi Tanabe |
Minister of Home Affairs 1941–1942 |
Succeeded by Michio Yuzawa |
Preceded by Shigenori Tōgō |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1942 |
Succeeded by Masayuki Tani |
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Minister of Education 1942 |
Succeeded by Nagakage Okabe |
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