On the eve of the outbreak of war between Japan and the United States, he informed Hideki TOJO, War Minister about the Clemenceau's advice, however, Tojo refused to be persuaded, saying 'We must fight rather than become a country ruined doing nothing.'
日米開戦前夜に東條英機陸軍大臣にクレマンソーの忠言を披露したが、東條は「坐して亡国になるよりは、戦うほかない」と聞き入れなかった。