"The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage" is one of my favorite pieces of understatement.
"It being far from our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandizement", on the other hand, is just absurd chutzpah.
"It being far from our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandizement", on the other hand, is just absurd chutzpah.