According to the author, many Japanese soldiers in the prime of their youth, and to act in such a way was a complex mixture of the times they lived in. Japan’s senior military officials also lived in a different time period and they still had the Japanese ancient warrior tradition and mentality. Many had an immense amount of societal pressure, economic necessity and ultimately, sheer desperation. The author also explains that the Japanese government also looked into foreign media, and found U.S. plans for controlling Japan post-surrender. In May 1944, the ministers of Sweden, Okamoto Suemana, sent an article to Tokyo named Svenska Dagbladet. This article suggested that White America’s was interested in turning the newly defeated Japanese Empire into a stronghold of anti-communism in Asia. Takagi Sokichi, the Japanese Navy 's leading planner portrayed the United States on its ambition to establish a U.S. centered capitalistic market after the war. The author explains that due to this goal, the United States would very likely aid Japan 's reconstruction. As part of the American system, Japan would quickly recover as a capitalist society and regain credibility in the international community. On the other hand, according to the author in early July 1945, Japanese Empire gathered intelligence saying that the Soviet Union would mandate Sakhalin, Manchuria, and Korea as spoils of war, regardless of the result of the victory against Japan. Rather than giving these territories up to the Soviets, just surrender to the United States immediately and let them all fall under the U.S. sphere of influence. Obviously, that was not the final
According to the author, many Japanese soldiers in the prime of their youth, and to act in such a way was a complex mixture of the times they lived in. Japan’s senior military officials also lived in a different time period and they still had the Japanese ancient warrior tradition and mentality. Many had an immense amount of societal pressure, economic necessity and ultimately, sheer desperation. The author also explains that the Japanese government also looked into foreign media, and found U.S. plans for controlling Japan post-surrender. In May 1944, the ministers of Sweden, Okamoto Suemana, sent an article to Tokyo named Svenska Dagbladet. This article suggested that White America’s was interested in turning the newly defeated Japanese Empire into a stronghold of anti-communism in Asia. Takagi Sokichi, the Japanese Navy 's leading planner portrayed the United States on its ambition to establish a U.S. centered capitalistic market after the war. The author explains that due to this goal, the United States would very likely aid Japan 's reconstruction. As part of the American system, Japan would quickly recover as a capitalist society and regain credibility in the international community. On the other hand, according to the author in early July 1945, Japanese Empire gathered intelligence saying that the Soviet Union would mandate Sakhalin, Manchuria, and Korea as spoils of war, regardless of the result of the victory against Japan. Rather than giving these territories up to the Soviets, just surrender to the United States immediately and let them all fall under the U.S. sphere of influence. Obviously, that was not the final