The 10 best books of 2023, ... Hideki Tojo. This trial — far more complex, drawn-out and contentious than the Nuremberg proceedings — is the subject of Bass’s comprehensive, ...

Hideki Tojo, a former general and prime minister of Japan, on trial for war crimes after World War II. ... The Book Review Podcast: Each week, ...

After U.S. soldiers broke down the door of his Tokyo residence on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 1945, they found Hideki Tojo struggling to stand despite a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Former Japanese Prime Minister and military leader Hideki Tojo, center, stands during the sentencing phase of the war crimes trial in Tokyo, on Nov. 12, 1948. AP ...

Gary J. Bass’s new book delves into the Tokyo war crimes trial, which was far more complex and contentious than the Nuremberg proceedings. ... Hideki Tojo. The Tokyo trial — far more complex, ...

General Hideki Tojo, the prime minister of wartime Japan, ... Bass is especially good on Mei, the Chinese judge, to whom too little attention has been paid in other books on the Tokyo trial.

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.

Among the defendants was a gangly, bespectacled, 59-year-old civilian named Shumei Okawa, who happened to be seated directly behind the former prime minister, army Gen. Hideki Tojo.

View full sizeCourtesy of office of Congressman Chris Van HollenThis Jan. 22 photo provided by the office of Congressman Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., shows John J. Wilpers Jr. (left) with son John J ...

On September 11, 1945, Army Officer Jack Wilpers and others barged into the home of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo to arrest him. They found him bleeding from a gunshot wound in an ...