Tojo was a patron of The Truth about Nanjing, a movie made with the intention to expose what the filmmaker Satoru Mizushima saw as propagandistic aspects of the Nanjing Massacre. Mizushima alleges that the 1937 Nanjing Massacre was a politically motivated fabrication by China and numerous western eyewitnesses.[citation needed]
Japan's nationalists, including the late former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, distanced themselves from her. Political commentator Minoru Morita has said of her, “Tojo’s nationalistic attitude might appeal to certain elements of the population, but most Japanese do not sympathize with her views. She has no chance at all at the elections."[2]
Death
Tojo died on February 13, 2013, from interstitial pneumonia at the age of 73, ten years after her entry into politics.[3]
"Japan did not fight a war of aggression. It fought in self-defense. Our children have been wrongly taught that their ancestors did evil things, that their country is evil. We need to give these children back their pride and confidence".[2]
"In Japan, there are no war criminals. Every one of those enshrined at Yasukuni died fighting for their country, and we should honor them".[2]
"Many people, including Kyuma, believe that the atomic bombs stopped Japan's 'aggression,' but Japan did not fight a war of aggression". "If there was one mistake, however, it was the fact that we lost. And if my grandfather is to blame, it's not because he started the war but because we lost".[4]