As relations between the US and Japan were beginning to deteriorate, tensions among Japanese leaders were high against the US. The last high ranking Japanese leader to be convinced that a war was the best thing for Japan was Yoshimichi Hara. He was the president of the emperor's Privy Council. By the time of the December 1 cabinet meeting he finally agreed to the attack.
At the time of the Japanese surprise attack in 1941, Pearl Harbor was a US Naval base. So the person in charge was the ranking Naval officer in Hawaii, Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel. The Japanese Commander of the force that atacked Pearl Harbor was Admiral Chūichi Nagumo.
A defence minister holds an office equivalent to that of the U.S. secretary of defense. Until the end of World War II, that office in the U.S. was named the secretary of war. A defence minister or a secretary of defense is responsible for the administration of the armed forces, planning and preparation to defend against possible attack on the country, and planning and preparation to execute possible attack on foreign countries if the executive office decides it is necessary to initiate such an attack.
The organisation or government that was in power during the pearl harbor attack was the Japanese National party with Hideki Tojo as prime minister they attacked the harbour because the Japanese government thought The United States' pacific fleet was a threat to Japan's power in the far east
the Japanese did not lull the US into an attack on Pearl Harbor. the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, not the other way around.
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On December 1, 1941, Prime Minister Tojo informed the Japanese cabinet that an attack was planned on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Japan has never had a president. They had an emperor and a Prime Minister at the time.
It was a surprise attack, before a declration of war, on a Sunday morning against a nation at peace.
Against the Japanese city of Hiroshima, on 6th August 1945.
To defend its territory in Papua New Guinea against a Japanese attack.
A defence minister is responsible for the administration of the armed forces, planning and preparation to defend against possible attack on the country, and planning and preparation to execute possible attack on foreign countries if the executive office decides it is necessary to initiate such an attacks.
A few army officials picked up Japanese planes on a radar, their findings were disregarded by higher ranking officers. They knew it was coming, but couldn't do anything about it.
December 7, 1941, was the date of the Japanese attack.
Attack on wealthy or high ranking people