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Hideki Tojo

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia.

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Hideki Tojo is saying that Japan and China could not truly grasp each other's perspectives, which caused misunderstandings between them. At the same time, Western countries like America and Europe failed to fairly appreciate the experiences and feelings of East Asian peoples, leading to further conflict.

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