“It is our obligation as Japan’s most influential newspaper to tell our readers who was responsible for starting the Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War.” So writes Tsuneo Watanabe, Editor-in-Chief of Japan’s (and the world’s) most widely circulated newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun , in the introduction to the book From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Ha rbor: Who Was Responsible .
渡部恒雄是日本同时也是世界上发行量最大的报纸《读卖新闻》的总编。他在介绍新作《从卢沟桥到珍珠港：谁应该对此负责》时这样写道：“作为日本最有影响力的报纸我们有责任告诉我们的读者谁应该为挑起中日战争和太平洋战争负责。”