Outline of Japan's Basic National Policy (Tentative Translation)

Outline of Japan's Basic National Policy (Tentative Translation)

Date
Language English
Collection Tavenner Papers & IMTFE Official Records
Box Box 26
Folder Miscellaneous Documents on Japanese Nationalism and Militarism
Repository University of Virginia Law Library
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From the Cabinet Decision of July 26, 1940. Discusses the need for a New World Order based on the "lofty ideal of Hakko Ishiu on which the Empire is founded." Also states "In the light of the new external and internal circumstances of the Empire, we will so amplify armaments as to ensure the execution of national policy on the basis of a state structure for national defense through manifestation of the nation's total strength."