tojo

• Имя собственное, относящееся к японскому армейскому офицеру, который инициировал атаку на Перл-Харбор и установил диктаторский контроль над Японией во время Второй мировой войны; позже был осуждён и казнён как военный преступник.

A proper noun referring to a Japanese army officer who initiated the attack on Pearl Harbor and assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was later tried and executed as a war criminal.

uncountable · proper noun

1. Japanese military leaderC1formal

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

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   • Tojo was a key figure in Japan's wartime government.
   • The attack on Pearl Harbor was ordered under Tojo's leadership.
   • After the war, Tojo was tried and executed for war crimes.