"The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia"

This quote by Hideki Tojo speaks to the lack of understanding and compassion in between East Asian nations, Japan and China, and the Western powers, America and Europe. Tojo suggests that the failure of Japan and China to comprehend each other, along with the absence of sympathy from the Western powers, was the factor for the stress between East Asia and the West. Tojo suggests that the Western powers did not sympathize with the East Asian countries without prejudice, which further intensified the stress. This quote highlights the significance of understanding and compassion in between different cultures and countries in order to maintain peace and stability. Tojo's words recommend that if Japan and China had been able to comprehend each other, and if the Western powers had actually been able to have compassion with the East Asian nations without bias, then the stress between East Asia and the West could have been avoided.