Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result. — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
Even military ministers have no more than a certain amount of control. It is customary that they have the right and the power to… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
To advocate a New Order was to seek freedom and respect for peoples without prejudice, and to seek a stable basis for the existence… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
Thus, it was to seek true civilization and true justice for all the peoples of the world, and to view this as the destruction… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
The moment the first American soldier sets foot on the Japanese mainland, all prisoners of war will be shot. — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
