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Wang Jingwei and Tojo with Cabinet

Unknown author · December 1942 (published 15 January 1943)

A January 1943 Java magazine photo shows Hideki Tojo with Wang Jingwei and cabinet members, part of Japan's wartime propaganda in occupied territories.

Shows Tojo as prime minister alongside Wang Jingwei's collaborationist cabinet, reflecting wartime alliances.

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Black-and-white group photograph of about two dozen men in dark suits and one in a military-style uniform with medals, arranged in rows against a backdrop with plants and flowers. A man in a light uniform with medals stands in front center.
Wang Jingwei and Hideki Tojo with cabinet, Djawa Baroe, Vol. 1, Iss. 2, 15 January 1943.

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What it is

This is a page from Djawa Baroe, a Japanese-run magazine published in occupied Java in January 1943, showing a group photograph taken in December 1942.

The photo shows about two dozen men in suits and uniforms, identified as Wang Jingwei, the collaborationist Chinese leader, together with Hideki Tojo and cabinet officials.

Why it matters

Wang Jingwei led a Japanese-backed government in China during the war, and this image documents the political ties Japan built with collaborationist leaders. Tojo, as Japan's prime minister, appears here as the central figure linking these governments.

Group photographs like this were used to project an image of unity among Japan's wartime allies and client governments.

Look closer

  • What does the formal group arrangement suggest about the purpose of this photo?
  • Why would Japan want to publicize its relationship with Wang Jingwei's government?
  • What does this image not reveal about the real power relationships between Japan and Wang's government?

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