Quoted in Stanley Lawrence Falk, Decision at Leyte (1966), p. 319.
Mitsumasa Yonai: Frases en inglés
Quoted in Lester Brooks, Behind Japan's Surrender: The Secret Struggle that Ended an Empire (1968), p. 66.
Quoted in "A-bombs were 'God's gifts' to Japanese regime", Taipei Times (August 7, 2005).
Quoted in Henry Hitch Adams, Years to victory (1973), p. 448.
Quoted in "Japanese Hurl Veiled Threat", Los Angeles Times (February 11, 1940).
alternate version: History shows that, whenever an emergency arises, our national spirit is manifested most emphatically to advance the prestige and bring about the prosperity of the nation. Nor must we be negligent in any way in promoting a loyal and heroic spirit among the home-front population so that national strength may be augmented and given full play. For this purpose, such measures as the fostering of the spirit of piety and of honouring ancestors, the renovation of national education and the improvement of the people's physical strength.
Quoted in Nihon Gaiji Kyokai, Tokyo Gazette, p. 343. Also quoted in Daniel Clarence Holtom, Modern Japan and Shinto Nationalism (1963), p. 19.