--- description: A Chinese store is selling 3-D printed ice creams depicting the face of Japan’s wartime Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo title: Chinese Store Sells Tojo Ice Cream to Mark WW II Anniversary image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt921f57825ccf1402/698861f8a988ca55316b4294/tojo-ice-cream-china.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chinese Store Sells 'Tojo Ice Cream' to Mark WW II Anniversary ## Video: 70 Years On, Japan Remembers Human Cost Of Hiroshima [Watch (HLS stream): 70 Years On, Japan Remembers Human Cost Of Hiroshima](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uILQj4KT.m3u8) (1:33)  _Published 2015-08-06. The bombing of Hiroshima 70 years ago remains one of the greatest and most divisive human tragedies in history._ by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2015 9:44 AM CUT  A woman sells an ice cream in the shape of executed Japanese war criminal Hideki Tojo at an ice cream store in Shanghai on Sept. 2, 2015 A woman sells an ice cream in the shape of executed Japanese war criminal Hideki Tojo at an ice cream store in Shanghai on Sept. 2, 2015Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2015 9:44 AM CUT A Chinese ice cream company has[ launched](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/trending/2015-09/01/content%5F21766973%5F2.htm "undefined") a controversial creation to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and China’s war against Japan. The Shanghai chain store has released 3-D printed ice creams depicting the face of Japan’s wartime Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo, complete with glasses and mustache, reports the state-run _China Daily_. The ice creams cost 30 yuan ($4.70) each and the store has made 10,000 in the likeness of Tojo, who was convicted of war crimes and executed in 1948. The ice cream has received mixed reviews from people on Chinese social media. “Doesn’t the thought of putting an evil man’s head in your mouth make you feel sick?” said one user on the Chinese social network [Weibo](http://weibo.com/1563948157/Cycbef1Dq?type=comment#%5Frnd1441183171750 "undefined"), according to a [translation](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34115420 "undefined") by the BBC. “It’s hilarious, but I have always thought that phase of history isn’t fit for consumption,” [said](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-screams-tojo-ice-cream-war-anniversary-062136475.html#ybkHfyr "undefined") another. 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