November 17, 1941 Prime Minister Tojo makes a speech on policy towards the US at an extraordinary session of the Imperial Diet. “Address by Prime Minister Tojo” (1 page) (Offered by the Diplomatic Museum at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) On Monday November 17, 1941, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo makes a speech on policy towards the US at an extraordinary session of the Imperial Diet and expresses a hard-line stance towards the US. Document 1: B02031345100 7. REF. (Image 19 on the right to image 22) “The 77th Imperial Diet: Address by the prime minister” Document 2: B02031345100 7. REF. (Images 2 to 4) “Address by the prime minister, General Hideki Tojo, delivered at the extraordinary session of the Diet, November 17, 1941” Document 3: B02031345100 7. REF. (Image 10 to image 19 on the left) “On November 21, 1941, Prime Minister Tojo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Togo, Response to the Assembly Speech” On November 11th, 1941 at an extraordinary session of the Imperial Diet, Prime Minister Tojo gave an address on policies towards America. Document 1 is the full Japanese text of the address (from the right side of image 19 through image 22). In this address Tojo explains that, while Japan “endures what is difficult to endure, and withstands what is difficult to withstand” in hopes of a resolution through diplomatic channels, that goal has not been achieved, and that Japan is now literally reaching the point of a “grave situation where the Empire’s plan for the next hundred years must be decided”. The Asahi Shimbun (the evening edition of November 18th of the same year) reported Tojo’s address in this way: “(the United States) not approving of our plan, the Empire has reached a grave decision” and “Decisions made regarding the United States.” Document 2 is the complete English translation of Tojo’s address. Document 3 consists of the collected reports of reactions by Germany, Italy, the United States, China and Dutch-Indochina to Tojo’s address and the address given by Foreign Minister Togo on the same day.