He also says: "Indeed, we declared war on America and Britain out of our sincere desire to ensure Japan's self-preservation and the stabilization of East Asia, it being far from our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandizement."

The Jewel Voice Broadcast should not be read uncritically.

Words which almost weren't heard at all because some parts of the Japanese military attempted to prevent the surrender from being published.