The Verdicts EXTRA The Mainichi FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1948 VERDICT ANNOUNCED IN TOKYO TRIALS The International Military Tribunal for the Far East pronounced the following sentences on wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and his 24 A Class war crimes co-defendants on November 12, 1948. Name Former Post Age Sentence Sadao Araki Ex-War Minister 71 Imprisonment For Life Kenji Doihara Ex-General 66 Death By Hanging Kingoro Hashimoto Ex-Director-General Imperial Rule Assistance Association 58 Imprisonment For Life Shunroku Hata Ex-War minister 69 Imprisonment For Life Kilchiro Hiranuma Ex-Prime Minister 81 Imprisonment For Life Koki Hirota Ex-Prime Minister 70 Death By Hanging Naoki Hoshino Ex-Governor, Planning board 56 Imprisonment For Life Seishiro Itagaki Ex-War Minister 68 Death By Hanging Okinori Kaya Ex-finance Minister 59 Imprisonment For Life Koichi Kido Ex-Keeper of the privy Seal 59 Imprisonment For Life Heitaro Kimura Ex-War Vice-Minister 69 Death By Hanging Kuniaki Koiso Ex-Prime Minister 68 Imprisonment For Life Iwane Matsui Ex-General 70 Death By Hanging Jiro Minami Ex-War Minister 74 Imprisonment For Life Akira Muto Ex-Chief, Military Affairs Bureau 56 Death By Hanging Takusumi Oka Ex-Chief, Military Affairs Bureau 58 Imprisonment For Life Hiroshi Oshima Ex-Ambassador to Germany 62 Imprisonment For Life Kemryo Sato Ex-Chief, Military Affairs Bureau 58 Imprisonment For Life Mamoru Shigemitsu Ex-Foreign Minister 61 Imprisonment For 7 Years Shigetaro Shimada Ex-Navy minister 65 Imprisonment For Life Toshio Shiratori Ex-Ambassador to Italy 61 Imprisonment For Life Teiichi Suzuki Ex-Governor, Planning board 60 Imprisonment For Life Shigenori Togo Ex-Prime Minister 66 Imprisonment For 20 years Hideki Tojo Ex-Prime Minister 64 Death By Hanging Yoshijiro Umezu Ex-Chief of General Staff 66 Imprisonment For Life Publisher & Printer: Shigeru Tasaka Published by the Mainichi Press 224