To understand the outcome of the Konoe–Grew meeting, this article focuses on the outbreak of the German–Soviet War in 1941 as an indispensable factor. By examining its impact on U.S.–Japan relations, it clarifies why the Konoe–Roosevelt summit failed to materialize and reveals the nature of the confrontation that led Japan toward Pearl Harbor.

And when considering the outcome of the Konoe Fumimaro–Joseph Grew meeting, there is an element that simply cannot be overlooked.
2016-12-14
The following is a continuation of the all-out essay by Hasegawa Hiroshi.
And when considering the outcome of the Konoe–Grew meeting, there is an element that simply cannot be overlooked.
It is the fact that Nazi Germany, which had maintained a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union for nearly two years from August 23, 1939, attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, thereby beginning the German–Soviet War.
How did this event affect U.S.–Japan relations.
By pursuing this question, the nature of the months-long U.S.–Japan confrontation that steered Japan toward the Pearl Harbor attack will at the same time become clear, as will the reason why the realization of the Franklin D. Roosevelt–Konoe meeting, agreed upon at the Konoe–Grew meeting on the night of September 6, could not be achieved.
This essay continues.