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World Service,15 Oct 1999,28 mins

Yuko Tojo

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Yuko Tojo was the grandchild of Japanese wartime prime minister General Hideki Tōjō, who was hung for war crimes. As a child, she was told only that "he died for his country". She descibes the hatred towards her family from society.

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