I consider that the maintenance of peace in the Far East and the establishment of a new order for the welfare of mankind are the basic principles of our foreign policy.
— Emperor Hirohito Modern

Japanese Emperor during WWII

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Imperial Rescript

Date / Period

1940

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Shocking

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https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/200676

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