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Tojo was born in Tokyo in 1884. He was a member of the military clique that pushed Japan into war in the late 1930s. As War Minister in 1940 he was instrumental in leading Japan into the Axis Alliance with Nazi GermanyNazi Germany or the Third Reich commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933 1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of National Socialism with Adolf Hitler as dictator. The term Nazi is a short form of the German and ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer. By 1941 he was appointed prime minister by Emperor HirohitoHirohito , the Showa Emperor , ( April 29, 1901 January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. He was known in the West by his given name Hirohito (he had no surname). He was the 124th Emperor of Japan. His reign was the longest of all Japanese em and took command of the entire Japanese military. Though Hirohito remained nominally in charge, the dominance of the Japanese military at the time ensured that Tojo was the nation's effective dictatorThe term dictator in the modern sense, is a vaguely-defined, connotatively negative word used to describe a totalitarian or authoritarian, or merely autocratic ruler of a country, and the leader of a dictatorship. The term is frequently associated with br.

During World War II he led Japanese forces in the Battle of the Pacific , but was forced to resign on July 18July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. Events 390 BC Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome. 64 Great fire of Rome: 1944 following a series of military disasters. He left government and went into seclusion.

After the war, he shot himself in the chest as a suicide attempt. He survived and was arrested a short time later. He recovered from his injuries at a hospital.

He then was tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for war crimes. He was found guilty of count 1 (waging wars of aggression, and war or wars in violation of international law), count 27 (waging unprovoked war against China), count 29 (waging aggressive war against the United States), count 31 (waging aggressive war against the British Commonwealth), count 32 (waging aggressive war against the Netherlands), count 33 (waging aggressive war against France ( Indochina)), and count 54 (ordering, authorizing, and permitting inhumane treatment of Prisoners of War ( POWs) and others). He was sentenced to death on November 12, 1948 and executed by hanging.

Because of the crimes committed under his authority, Tojo is considered responsible for the murder of almost four million Chinese. Tojo approved government-sanctioned biological experiments on POWs.