Tojo

[ toh-joh ]

noun

1. Hi·de·ki [hee, -de-kee], 1884–1948, Japanese general: executed for war crimes.

Tojo

/ ˈtəʊdʒəʊ /

noun

1. TojoHideki18851948MJapaneseMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesman Hideki (ˈhiːdɛˌkiː). 1885–1948, Japanese soldier and statesman; minister of war (1940–41) and premier (1941–44); hanged as a war criminal

Example Sentences

Others said Hideki Tojo, the Japanese wartime prime minister who was later convicted of war crimes and hanged, would have been a better choice than Hirohito for the video.

From Seattle Times

Everyone pulled together and sacrificed, committed to a common goal: victory over Hitler and Tojo.

From Los Angeles Times

Tojo and the others were secretly elevated to the status of gods at the shrine in a ceremony that year, news of which sparked a domestic firestorm when it became public.

From Reuters

The disposal was intended to prevent Japanese nationalists from gaining access to the remains and treating Tojo — who was convicted of war crimes by an international military tribunal — as a martyr.

From New York Times

Officials were concerned supporters of Hideki Tojo - one of the men behind the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 - would try to find his body and treat him as a martyr.

From BBC