This man was Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. He served as the leader of Japan from 1941 to 1944. He was the most significant advocate for a preemptive strike against the United States at Pearl Harbor.

But Premier Hideki Tojo, warning the Japanese that their shortage of shipping is serious, described Japan’s sea problem in terms much like those which the U.S. Navy uses on the same subject.

The man who had tried to commit suicide to escape trial (TIME, Sept. 24, 1945) did not now try to save his neck. His sovereign, Emperor Hirohito, was not to blame for anything, said Tojo.

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UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024 On Nov. 12, 1948, a war crimes tribunal in Japan sentenced former premier Hideki Tojo and six other World War II Japanese leaders to death by hanging.