Politically, he was nationalist, and militarist, and was nicknamed "Razor" (カミソリ, Kamisori), for his reputation of having a sharp and legalistic mind capable of quick decision-making.

2009年10月29日 · Wartime leader of Japan’s government, General Tôjô Hideki (1884-1948), with his close-cropped hair, mustache, and round spectacles, became for Allied propagandists one of the most commonly...

2018年5月18日 · Brusque, scrupulous, and hardworking, Tojo came to be known as kamisori (the razor) for the sharp, decisive, impatient qualities that he manifested as he rose rapidly through the military hierarchy. He was assigned first to the War Ministry and subsequently to the general staff and various command posts.

As the military police commander, Tojo took repression and massacre to the extreme, so he was nicknamed "Razor Tojo". Because he resolutely suppressed the Imperial Way faction within the Kwantung Army during the February 26 Incident, Tojo was appreciated by the Japanese Army's top brass and was able to serve as the chief of staff of the ...

Hideki Tojo was a Japanese politician, general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and notorious war criminal. He lived between December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948. Tojo’s most remarkable moments occurred during WWII. During the Second World War, he served as Japan’s prime minister and president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association.

2019年9月4日 · As his power grew, he earned the nickname Kamisori, meaning “Razor,” for his decisiveness and strict by-the-book mentality (some sources say it was because of his cold-bloodedness). His next step up was in 1937 to chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. The next year he became Japan’s vice-minister of war, and in 1940 he was appointed army minister.

2017年12月1日 · He was known within the army as "Razor Tojo" for his bureaucratic efficiency, strict attention to detail, and unwavering adherence to protocol. He was extremely loyal to the Japanese nation and the army, and in his rise to leadership within Japan's military and government he became a symbol for Japan's militarism and parochialism.

Contrary to popular myth, Japan’s version of Adolf Hitler was not the Emperor (Showa) Hirohito, but rather its infamous War Minister Hideki Tojo. But who was this powerful man so few outside Japan know of? The son of an army general, young Tojo followed dutifully in his father’s footsteps, attending the Japanese Military Academy.

He became chief of staff of the Kanto Army in 1937 and Vice War Minister in the following year. Fully displaying his talent as an able official, he was called "Razor Tojo".

Tojo was an intense nationalist, "sincere" in the peculiar sense understood by the Japanese. His nickname, "Razor Brain" or "The Razor", (Kamisori), referred to his bureaucratic ruthlessness rather than his intellectual capacity. He was essentially a narrow-minded bureaucrat with no real understanding of the immense military potential of the ...