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TOJO'S GRANDDAUGHTER SEEKS PARLIAMENT SEAT IN JAPAN

Yuko Tojo, 68, proclaimed her candidacy for upcoming election of the Upper House of Parliament on July 3, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. She is the granddaughter of Hideki Tojo, who was an army general and the war-time prime minister when Japan lost in WWII. He was later executed after the Tokyo Tribunal. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)

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