sentences:  During the last year of the war was among the Japanese leaders who acknowledged that the war was lost and suggested searching for early surrender.After the Second World War, for a brief period in 1946, circles related to the Palace attempted to convince the Liberal Party leadership to promote Matsudaira's candidacy as Prime Minister, but the post was eventually handed to Shigeru Yoshida.Tsuneo served as the first head of the new House of Councillors from the entry into effect of the new Japanese constitution until his death.