Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his disapproval.

If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.