Dec. 23 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1620, construction began on the first permanent European settlement in New England. It was one week after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Harbor in ...

The man they call “The Razor” begins his journey up the ladder of Japanese politics. Show more General Hideki Tojo led Japan into World War Two and oversaw some of the most horrific war crimes ...

Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former ... including World War II-era prime minister Hideki Tojo. “I feel very honored that the next stage of my life will be to serve this shrine for ...

Hideki Tojo was the Japanese prime minister when the country declared war against the US and Britain. Makino argues that this is what Japan chose. The country's position of dominance in Asia was ...

The doctor, Shichiro Matake, was held at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, where wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was hanged ... as well as a Japanese who researched the Kyushu Imperial University ...

On December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six others were hung at Sugamo prison. MacArthur, afraid of embarrassing and antagonizing the Japanese people, defied the wishes of President Truman and ...

Major General Hideki Tojo takes command of the secret police - the Kempeitai. The Imperial Japanese Army invades China and terrorises the civilian population. Kempeitai operatives set up a secret ...

Japan’s Emperor Showa pushed to be able to ... "No one could stop the momentum the military had...by the time Hideki Tojo became prime minister in Oct. 1941, the situation was too grave to ...