Yuko Tojo

Yuko Tojo
東條 由布子
Born
Yoshie Tojo

(1939-05-20)20 May 1939
Died13 February 2013(2013-02-13) (aged 73)
NationalityJapanese
Other names
  • Yoshie Iwanami
  • Yuko Iwanami
Alma materKokushikan University
Occupation(s)Politician, Insurance agent
EmployerDai-Ichi Insurance Company
Known forgranddaughter of Hideki Tojo
Children4
Relatives

Yuko Tojo (東條 由布子, Tōjō Yūko, May 20, 1939 – February 13, 2013) was a Japanese ultra-nationalist politician, Imperial Japanese apologist, and brief political hopeful.[1] She was the granddaughter of General Hideki Tojo, the Japanese wartime prime minister who was convicted as a Class A war criminal and hanged after World War II[1] in 1948.

  1. ^ a b Jun Hongo (February 15, 2013). "Tojo's granddaughter, Yuko, dies at 73". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.