 Magazines were told that the cause of the war was the enemy's egoistic desire to rule the world, and ordered, under the guise of requests, to promote anti-American and anti-British sentiment.When Jun'ichirō Tanizaki began to serialize his novel "Sasameyuki", a nostalgic account of pre-war family life, the editors of "Chūōkōron" were warned it did not contribute to the needed war spirit.Despite Tanizaki's history of treating Westernization and modernization as corrupting, a "sentimental" tale of "bouregeoise family life" was not acceptable.