We look into the gloom of the future and can see no certain… - Yōsuke Matsuoka

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We look into the gloom of the future and can see no certain gleam of light before us.

Yōsuke Matsuoka

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About Yōsuke Matsuoka

(松岡洋右, Matsuoka Yōsuke; March 4, 1880 – June 27, 1946) was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organization. He was also one of the architects of the Tripartite Pact and the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of war.

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Alternative Names: Matsuoka Yōsuke • Yosuke Matsuoka • Yousuke Matsuoka

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Japan would take action in a decisive form if she had the feeling that otherwise she would lose a chance which could only occur once in a thousand years.

Japan has been and will always be the mainstay of peace, order and progress in the Far East.

Japan will oppose any attempt at international control of Manchuria. It does not mean that we defy you, because Manchuria belongs to us by right. Read your history. We recovered Manchuria from Russia. We made it what it is today.

We look into the gloom of the future and can see no certain gleam of light before us. - Yōsuke Matsuoka

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