1944-07-18

Tojo Cabinet resigns

TokyoTokyo · After the loss of Saipan, the Tojo cabinet resigned, exposing crisis within Japan’s war leadership.

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Context

The Tojo cabinet resignation captures Japan’s late-war political crisis. Offensive action in China overlapped with strategic retreat in the Pacific during the same year.

Sources

The National Diet Library Modern Japan exhibit on the Koiso cabinet provides the context for the Tojo cabinet resignation.

Media

First Tojo CabinetVisual recordFirst Tojo CabinetA cabinet photograph connecting Japan’s wartime government to the opening of the Pacific War.

Source Trail

ArchiveNational Diet Library · KOISO Cabinet and Tojo resignationOpen source