Emperor Hirohito — "I regret the outbreak of the war and the suffering it caused. I wish that such a…"
I regret the outbreak of the war and the suffering it caused. I wish that such a thing had not happened.
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Reported private conversations, often expressed with a sense of fatalism.
Date: Post-war
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