Struggling to End the War.

The article focuses on defeat became inevitable in the summer of 1945, Japan's government and the Allies could not agree on surrender terms, especially regarding the future of Emperor Hirohito and his throne. It mentions Japanese leadership, the whole strategy of the Pacific war had been predicated on the idea and Japanese diplomatic mission was established there early in the war. It also mentions war to satisfy the military hardliners in the government who would brook no prospect of surrender.