The cremated remains of Japan's wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and other executed Class-A war criminals were secretly scattered in the ocean to prevent them from being deified by the Japanese people, recently discovered declassified U.S. documents show
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In this undated photo, former Japan s Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo is shown with medals outside of the Diet. The declassified U.S. military documents show the ashes of seven executed war criminals, including wartime Prime Minister Tojo, were scattered at sea off Yokohama from a U.S. army plane.
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Hideki Tojo, Japanese prime minister at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, is seen in the Dec. 1947, photo. The declassified U.S. military documents show the ashes of seven executed war criminals, including wartime Prime Minister Tojo, were scattered at sea off Yokohama from a U.S. army plane.