Top Overview Summary Table Key Figures Related Info Questionnaire Overview Transition of US-Japan Relations Background Records of US-Japan War Talks Photo Library In the photo library, photographs related to the negotiations between the Japanese and the United States, and the background of that era and its related incidents, are introduced. Those photographs are provided by Keiyosha and Mainichi Newspaper. Click on each thumbnail to display large pictures and captions. In addition, captions for thumbnails and large pictures are provided by Keiyosha and are quoted from article headlines. Photographs provided by Mainichi Newspaper have titles and captions quoted from the "Mainichi photo bank." Furthermore, the copyrights for the photographs provided by Mainichi Newspaper belong to Mainichi Newspaper; therefore, reproduction and conversion of the photographs from this site are prohibited. Provided by Keiyosha (From the United News Agency, "The trajectory – revival of war report, photograph flash collection".) Minister of Foreign Affairs Matsuoka historic visit to Berlin. April 19, 1941. Minister of Foreign Affairs Matsuoka at the German–Russian border. April 19, 1941. Minister of Foreign Affairs Matsuoka returned home. April 24, 1941. Historic sealing of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact. April 25, 1941. Minister of Foreign Affairs Matsuoka is greeting a Roman citizen. April 27, 1941. The sudden and en masse resignation of the Konoe cabinet! October 19, 1941. The new cabinet of Tojo starts powerfully. October 21, 1941. Stellar performance of our Ambassador Nomura. April 28, 1941. Provided by Mainichi Newspaper (By "Mainichi Photo Bank"). Sino–Japanese war / Pudong district destroyed by fire. Photographed in August, 1937. Sino–Japanese war/Land marines started bombarding Shanghai city. Photographed in August, 1937. Japanese admiral soldiers doing a banzai on the Marco Polo Bridge. Photographed in August, 1937. A ceremonial photograph taken after the second Konoe cabinet's first cabinet meeting. Photographed in July, 1940. Japanese army stationed with completely disguised soldiers and trucks. Photographed on September 22, 1940. Hitler at the signing ceremony of the Japan–Germany–Italy Triple Alliance. Photographed in September 1940. Sino–Japanese war / Truck group on the En–Sho route. Photographed in October 1940. Departure of Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura at negotiations for the evasion of an outbreak in war between Japan and the U.S. Photographed in January 1941. Ambassador Grew stationed in Japan seeing off Ambassador Nomura as he leaves for America. Photographed in January 1941. Ambassador Nomura entering the White House holding Emperor’s letter of credentials. Photographed on February 14, 1941. Ambassador Nomura at a press interview after arriving in Washington for his post. Photographed in March 1941. Conference on the sea between Churchill and Roosevelt. Photographed on August 10, 1941. A picture of cabinet ministers of the Hideki Tojo Cabinet taken after the first cabinet meeting. Photographed on October 18, 1941. A carrier secretly going to the North Pacific Ocean towards Pearl Harbor. Photographed on November 18, 1941. Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura, and Ambassador Saburo Kurusu after finishing a conference with U.S. President. Photographed on November 27, 1941. Japan–U.S. negotiations / Nomura / Ambassador Kurusu and Hull. Photographed in December 1941. Announcement of the outbreak of war between Japan and the U.S. by the Department of the Navy at the Department of the Navy. Photographed on December 8, 1941. Portrait of Hitler Missing date of photograph. Portrait of Stalin Missing date of photograph. Grew with the wife of the Ambassador to Japan, Joseph Clark. Photographed in November 1936. All Rights Reserved,Copyright Japan Center for Asian Historical Records 2005.