Yonai's later activities provide the basis for the proposed role as an intermediary between Japan's institutions. He helped bring officials together during the postwar transition and contributed to constitutional change. He also appears to have coordinated the testimony of participants in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. His earlier efforts to restrain conflict still faced Japan's fragmented authority.
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Yonai's postwar work and the proposed 1941 role
Yonai's postwar constitutional work and apparent coordination of tribunal testimony provide the basis for his proposed role as an intermediary in 1941.