…,concurrently assuming multiple top positions in the Navy, as follows (my very rough translation): “I approach things scientifically, but when considering Toyoda’s good fortune, I start to think about fate, and consequently, the concept of religion comes to mind.”

In his ‘Monologue,’ which was prepared in early 1946 in anticipation of the Tokyo war crimes trial, too, Hirohito said that Toyoda, who advocated for the continuation of the war, was someone he could not agree with.