[colorado tanker]

Tojo willingly took the fall for the war and Hirohito.

Still, using Hirohito to authorize the surrender and then rally the Japanese during the American occupation probably saved a million American and Japanese lives by obviating the need for an invasion.

[elcid1970]

In the cold dawn the day Tojo was hanged, a reporter observed,

“Hmm...there’s a little nip in the air this morning.”

;^)

[p. henry]

I’m not sure how willing he was. He did attempt suicide at the time of his arrest. He was then ridiculed by his countrymen for failing in the attempt.