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The Tanaka Memorial is allegedly a Japanese war planning document from 1927, in which Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi supposedly laid out for the Emperor of Japan Hirohito the strategy to take over the world. Its authenticity is still a matter of dispute, although in the broad strokes, the strategy was followed by Japan during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Its strategy may be summarized by the lines (which do not appear literally in the document): 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Prime Minister of Japan (å†…é–£ç·ç†å¤§è‡£ Naikaku sÅri daijin) is the usual English-language term used for the head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime Minister of the Cabinet. ... Tanaka Giichi (田中 義一 Tanaka Giichi February 5, 1866–November 20, 1949) was a Japanese politician and the 26th Prime Minister of Japan from April 20, 1927 to July 2, 1929. ... His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito. ... Hirohito (Japanese: ) (April 29, 1901 â€“ January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 to 1989. ... Global domination, global conquest, taking over the world, world conquest, or world domination is an ambitious goal in which one government, one ideology or belief system, or even one person, seeks to secure complete political control of the entire planet. ... There were two wars known as the Sino-Japanese War (between China and Japan): The First Sino-Japanese War occurred between 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of Korea. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

"Tanaka Memorial", New York, Chinese Student Patriotic Association of America, probably published between 1938-1941.

In order to take over the world, you need to take over China;
In order to take over China, you need to take over Manchuria (North-eastern China) and Mongolia.
If we succeed in conquering China, the rest of the Asiatic countries and the South Sea countries will fear us and surrender to us.
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It was depicted by United States wartime propaganda as a sort of Japanese answer to Mein Kampf. The Battle of China, one of Frank Capra's movie series Why We Fight (given the Academy Award as a documentary), describes the Tanaka Memorial as the document that was the Japanese plan for war with the United States. An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people, rather than impartially providing information. ... Cover of Mein Kampf (First Edition) Mein Kampf (English translation: My Struggle, My Battle or My Fight) is the signature work of Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers political ideology of Nazism. ... The Battle of China was the sixth film of Frank Capras Why We Fight propaganda film series. ... Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 â€“ September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including the classics Its a Wonderful Life and Mr. ... Prelude to War depicts the Nazi propaganda machine. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most prestigious awards for documentary films. ...

As presented in Battle of China, the four sequential steps to achieve Japan's goal of conquests are

Conquest of Manchuria (North-eastern China)
Conquest of China
Establishment of bases in the Pacific
Conquest of the United States

1 Speculation over the source of forgery
2 Scientology
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Speculation over the source of forgery

When the Allies searched for documents following the war, they did not find the Tanaka Memorial among them. Most academic historians regard the Memorial as a forgery and rank it somewhere between the Zinoviev letter and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The Zinoviev Letter is thought to have been instrumental in the Conservative Partys victory in the United Kingdom general election, 1924, which ended the countrys first Labour government. ... 1992 Russian edition of the Protocols, adapting Eliphas Levis portrayal of Baphomet. ...

The origin of the memorial is still unknown. However, the Japanese government obtained information as early as 1929 that Chinese representatives were trying to submit a document relating to Japanese foreign policy, attributed to Tanaka, to the third meeting of Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) ^{[citation needed]}. Upon close examination of the document, which was written in Chinese, it was revealed that the document contained a number of factual errors. For example, the memorial mentioned Yamagata Aritomo attending negotiations of the Nine Power Treaty. But he was already dead by the time that the meeting had taken place. There are numerous errors, some of which involve the career of Tanaka himself, including his trips to Europe and North America. The Japanese representative under direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intended to expose the document as a forgery at the IPR. However, the Chinese representative refrained from submitting the memorial. This is the first mention of the Tanaka Memorial in official records. The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of Asian problems and relations between Asia and the West. ... Yamagata Aritomo (å±±çœŒ æœ‰æœ‹; April 22, 1838â€“February 1, 1922) was a Japanese military leader and politician, and the fourth (December 24, 1889â€“May 6, 1891) and 11th (1898â€“1900) Prime Minister of Japan. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the six inhabited continents of the Earth. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A foreign minister is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ...

The document gained its first publicity when it was published in the 1929, December edition of China Critic (Current Affair Monthly, 時事月報) in Nanking, a Nationalist Chinese publication. The English translation of this document was in circulation before February 1934, because it formed the foundation of the lead article on the front page of the first edition of The Plain Truth magazine published by Herbert W. Armstrong in February of that year. (See [1].) From the 1960s onwards, Armstrong referenced this same article in his autobiography and he did not disavow it, even though, in his book, he claims that he became friends with members of the Japanese Diet (including Prime Ministers) and established a relationship with the brother of Hirohito. Nanjing (南京, Pinyin: Nánjīng, Wade-Giles: Nan-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Nanking, formerly Jinling 金陵, Jiangning 江宁, and Tianjing 天京) is the central city of downstream Yangtze Basin and is a renowned historical and cultural city. ... The Kuomintang (KMT) or Nationalist Party of China (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguo Guomindang; literally the National Peoples Party of China... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Plain Truth is a U.S.-based magazine founded by Herbert W. Armstrong who also founded the Radio Church of God (later renamed the Worldwide Church of God), Ambassador College and The World Tomorrow radio and television programs. ... Herbert W. Armstrong (July 31, 1892 â€“ January 16, 1986) was the founder of the Worldwide Church of God, Ambassador College (a private university), a broadcaster, a publisher, a self-styled Ambassador for Peace, and (through the Church and the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation) a promoter of the arts, humanities and... This article is about the Japanese legislature. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Hirohito (Japanese: ) (April 29, 1901 â€“ January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 to 1989. ...

Because the initial edition of the memorial was in Chinese, the forgery is attributed to Chinese sources. However, there have been claims of forgery by the Soviet Union to encourage war between China and Japan, and so to advance Soviet interests. Some internal evidence, however, for example a reference to conspiring with Russia against Japan, does argue against its being Soviet propaganda.

School textbooks in China still mention the Memorial, without stating the document to be a forgery.

Scientology

According to L. Ron Hubbard, the "Tenyaka Memorial" is a mysterious group conspiring against Scientology. [2] Scientology is a system of beliefs and practices created by American pulp fiction[1][2] and science fiction [3] author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 as a self-help philosophy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ...

External links

These sources deny the authenticity of the Memorial:

encyclopedia.com
Japan Speaks about Conspiracy of Japan in 1932 (revealed by Kiyoshi Kawakami)
Conspiracy of Japan in the Tokyo Trial

These sources accept the authenticity of the Memorial: Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami (河上清 Kawakami Kiyoshi) (8 August 1873 - 12 October 1949) was a Japanese Christian journalist who published several anti-war books in the United States and the United Kingdom. ...

The Tanaka Memorial (complete text) Japan's Plan For Conquest
Viking Phoenix Web Page Japan, Incorporated - Tanaka Memorial
Profound lessons in past incidents (a mirror of Chinese statement page of 1997)

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