Question

Why did Japanese emperor Hirohito authorize his military to bomb Pearl Harbor in late-1941?

Answer 1

to stop the United states from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch east indies

Answer 2

Japan: Hirohito warned attack on Pearl Harbor would be 'self-destructive' Japan's wartime emperor, Hirohito, congratulated his forces on victories as the country made a brutal sweep across mainland Asia but warned that an attack on the US would be "self-destructive", according to a new biography