SDHF Newsletter No.151 Question of Guilt

Question of Guilt: Japan’s Foreign Ministry & Its War Responsibility
By SUGIHARA Seishiro

December 7, 2016

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor. The attack occurred 50 minutes before Japanese Ambassador Nomura handed a final message to Secretary of State Hull. Because of this, the American government accused Japan of committing a “sneak attack”.
However, the delay in the delivery of the notice was not intentional. Rather, the delay was due to the incompetence of the Japanese diplomatic representatives in Washington. They had been ordered by Minister of Foreign Affairs to deliver the message at 1:00 p.m. Instead, the message was delivered at 2:20 p.m.—a delay of an hour and 20 minutes.
Japan’s Foreign Ministry did not take responsibility for this huge blunder during the war—and has yet to take official responsibility. Thus, many Americans still believe that Japan intentionally attacked Pearl Harbor without warning.
This is but one case of serious drawbacks of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign. The author goes deep into this “dark” world.

Question of Guilt: Japan’s Foreign Ministry & Its War Responsibility
By SUGIHARA Seishiro, Translated by Norman Hu
URL: https://www.sdh-fact.com/book-article/875/
PDF: https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/SugiharaQuestionofGuilt-.pdf

Book review: By Norman Hu
URL: https://www.sdh-fact.com/review-article/877/
PDF: https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Book-Review-by-Translator.pdf

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MOTEKI Hiromichi, Acting Chairman
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact