Context: Japan used the name Greater East Asia War (大東亜戦争, Dai Tō-A Sensō?), as chosen by a cabinet decision on 10 December 1941, to refer to both the war with the Western Allies and the ongoing war in China. This name was released to the public on 12 December, with an explanation that it involved Asian nations achieving their independence from the Western powers through armed forces of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Japanese officials integrated what they called the Japan–China Incident (日支事変, Nisshi Jihen?) into the Greater East Asia War.

Question: By what name was the war with Japan referred?
Answer: Greater East Asia War

Question: What did Japanese officials call the war?
Answer: Japan–China Incident

Question: What was the reason Japan gave for the war?
Answer: achieving their independence from the Western powers

Question: What date was the new name of the war released?
Answer: 12 December

Question: What name did Japan call the war?
Answer: Greater East Asia War

Question: When did Japan adobt the name for the war?
Answer: 10 December 1941

Question: What was Japan's publicised war goal?
Answer: independence from the Western powers

Question: What did Japan call the occupied group of Asian nations?
Answer: Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Question: How was the name of the war chosen by Japan?
Answer: by a cabinet decision