Speaking of the main war criminals of the Second World War period, Japan's prime minister is definitely on the list, and the crimes he committed are even more difficult to describe, including encircling and suppressing the volunteer army, launching the 226 Incident, plotting to invade China, and constantly expanding the war, killing innocent civilians.
However, as one of the three fascist leaders, Hideki Tojo is obviously different from Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy, and behind him, there is no separate military organization, and the power is given by the emperor, which means that as long as Hideki Tojo steps down, he will no longer have any power.
Therefore, with the end of the 45 years of Japanese fascism, Hideki Tojo lost the trust of the emperor, and finally on July 18, a month before Japan's surrender, Tojo submitted the resignation of the prime minister and resigned as minister of war, interior, and quartermaster.
At the scene of the post-war trial, Hideki Tojo deservedly became the first war criminal, and when he learned that he was dying, Tojo tried to commit suicide with the Walter automatic pistol given to him by Hit, but Hideki Tojo miraculously deflected his heart because of left-handedness and heart deformities, and thus survived, and in the end he did not miss the next trial.
On November 12, 1948, Hideki Tojo was formally sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for waging war and invading other countries, and was sentenced on December 23, 1948. War criminals have finally paid their own price.
It is worth mentioning that from the perspective of family life, Tojo Hideki has given high hopes to his children, he and his wife Ito Katsuko have raised a total of 3 sons and a daughter, Tojo Hideki resolutely refuses to let his descendants join the army, and before his death, Tojo Hideki also left a last word: "Don't say everything", asking them to develop low-key. So much so that Tojo's descendants basically received higher education, and most of them had successful careers.
What may surprise many people is that the products made by Hideki Tojo and his son are selling well in China, and many people have used it, and everyone is very familiar with this brand name, that is, the Mitsubishi Group.
It must be noted that Mitsubishi was founded in 1873 and is one of Japan's most famous giants, including mining, shipbuilding, banking, electrical equipment, automotive and other industries, and has a very large business in the world.
Hideki Tojo's second son, Hideo Tojo, originally intended to join the military in his youth, but after being persuaded by his father to abandon this idea and become an engineer, after graduating from the Aviation Department of Tokyo Imperial University (University of Tokyo), he entered the Nagoya Aircraft Factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the more famous Zero fighter, also had the participation of Tojo Keio, with his performance, after World War II, Tojo Keio successively served as the vice president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, president of Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Group President and other important positions, during this period, the Mitsubishi Group's business is also gradually expanding, including motors, elevators, and automobiles and other products, in the Chinese mainland also occupied a large share of the market share, but later Tojo Hui xiong has retired, and he has nothing to do with it.