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Detailed explanation-1: -Hideki Tojo ( , Tōjō Hideki (help. info), December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hideki Tojo was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hideki Tojo ruled Japan as a militaristic dictator. Tojo’s leadership over Japan was based on several key principles. First, Tojo expressed, and demanded, extreme loyalty to Emperor Hirohito. For Tojo, as with most Japanese people at the time, the Emperor was a living god and deserved the utmost respect.

Detailed explanation-4: -Regarded as a personification of ruthless Japanese militarism, he was held responsible for the murder of millions of civilians in China and the Far East and of thousands of Allied prisoners of war. When his arrest was ordered in September, Tojo tried to commit suicide.

Detailed explanation-5: -Although Tojo played a major role in Japan’s wartime affairs, his power and ambitions were actually not as great as Hitler’s or Mussolini’s. He has been described as an uncomplicated, hardworking man intensely dedicated to his profession.