Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, war between the Empire of Japan and the United States was a possibility each nation's military forces had planned for after World War I. The expansion of American te
Captured Japanese photograph taken aboard a Japanese carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (U.S. National Archives, 80-G-30549, 520599)
Emperor Hirohito, reigned from 1926 to 1989
Prime Minister of Japan (1937–1939, 1940–1941) Konoe Fumimaro
Prime Minister of Japan (1941–1944) Hideki Tojo
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The Hull note, officially the Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan, was the final proposal delivered to the Empire of Japan by the United States before the attac
US Secretary of State Cordell Hull
