"The astonishing modernisation of Japan since she had abandoned her self-imposed isolation from the West in 1868 had l…"

"The main driving force has been a primitive lust for power and dominion among a powerful section of Japan's warrior c…"

"[Japan is] a restless and aggressive Power, full of energy, somewhat like the Germans in mentality, seeking in every …"

"Japan had much in common with Great Britain, besides high population density. An archipelago of islands located not f…"

"If new warships are considered necessary we must, at any cost, build them: if the organization of our army is inadequ…"

"It seems indisputable that the strong Japanese sense of cultural uniqueness, the traditions of emperor worship and ve…"

"By 1938, in fact, Japan had not only become much stronger economically than Italy, but had also overtaken France in a…"