Hirohito
- Comes from a family of nobility
- Even though he was emperor, he didn’t really have much powers
- Said to have a divine right to lead - god
- Didn’t plan Pearl Harbor but approved it when they asked him on his opinions
- Died in 1989 and survived longer than many of the WWII leaders
Hideki Tojo
- Was born into a family of nobility
- Father was a high ranking military officer
- Wanted to expand the Japanese emperor
- Went to military school in germany
- Tried committing suicide by shooting himself in his stomach and later got hanged
- Was one of the 3 major powers - Axis
- Ranked 10th in 363 cadets in military college
- Promoted to major general in 1933
- He was the prime minister when Pearl Harbor happened
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