Japan no longer ruled by militarisme according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 5 dated 5 February 1921

An item reported that the Japanese Prime Minister (1) informed the press that he favoured reducing the naval armaments and that militarisme no longer played a ruling force in Japan. The naval attaché stationed at Tokyo, Japan doubted however if the Naval General Staff favoured international reduction. The navy was however interested in a naval holiday.

Note

1. Hara Takashi (9 February 1856 Morioka, Japan-4 November 1921 Tokyo, Japan), prime minister between 29 September 1918 and 4 November 1921. Murdered.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-119-53