Yuko Tojo

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. She was the granddaughter of General Hideki Tōjō, the Japanese wartime prime minister who was convicted as a Class A war criminal and hanged after World War II in 1948.

Yuko Tojo
東條 由布子
Yuko Tojo (center) as a young girl with her grandmother Katsuko and grandfather, Hideki
Born
Yoshie Tojo

(1939-05-20)20 May 1939
Keijō, Japanese Korea
Died13 February 2013(2013-02-13) (aged 73)
Tokyo, Japan
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
  • Hidetaka Tojo (father)
  • Hideki Tojo (grandfather)
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