Tojo

To·jo

(tō′jō′), Hideki Originally Tojo Eiki. 1884-1948. Japanese army officer and prime minister of Japan (1941-1944) who ruled as a dictator during World War II and was executed as a war criminal.

Tojo

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

To•jo

(ˈtoʊ dʒoʊ)

n. Hideki, 1884–1948, Japanese general and politician.

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Tojo - Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948)Tojo Eiki, Tojo Hideki