[ noun ] Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948) <noun.person>
Hideki Tojo, Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944, as "a symbol of evil," and most Japanese agreed with the Tokyo War Crimes Trial verdict declaring him a "Class A war criminal."
Foster was ordered to repair the doctored set, which he did, and Tojo wore them until his execution in 1948.