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Yasukuni's criminal class

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1 General Hideki Tojo (1884-1948), right. Considered by some to be Japan's most notorious war criminal. He was premier of Japan for most of the war and assumed full responsibility for his country's actions

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2 Koki Hirota (1878-1948). Foreign minister during the Rape of Nanking. He was a key figure in planning the war against China and Southeast Asia

3 General Kenji Doihara (1883-1948). Commanded Japanese troops during the invasion and occupation of China and later ran prisoner-of-war camps in Malaysia and Indonesia

4 General Seishiro Itagaki (1885-1948). Commanded troops in China, Korea and Singapore. Soldiers under his command committed atrocities against civilians

5 General Heitaro Kimura (1888-1948). Helped plan the war against China. He was the military commander in Burma when slave labour was used to build the Siam-Burma Railway

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6 General Iwane Matsui (1878-1948). Commander of the forces in China during the late 1930s. Troops under his command were responsible for the Rape of Nanking and other atrocities

7 General Akira Muto (1892-1948). Troops under his command took part in both the Rape of Nanking and the Rape of Manila

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