Konoe published 'A Diary - Efforts toward Peace' in "World Cultures", in which he shifted all the responsibilities for the quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War and the start of the Pacific War to the military, and explained that he regretted the fact that he was unable to stop the runaway military.
近衛は『世界文化』に、「手記～平和への努力」を発表し、日中戦争の泥沼化と、太平洋戦争の開戦の全責任を軍部に転嫁し、自分は軍部の独走を阻止できなかったことが遺憾であると釈明した。