Question

Read the excerpt from the Japanese declaration of war. Why does the speaker repeatedly use the word existence? Patiently have we waited and long have we endured, in the hope that our Government might retrieve the situation in peace, but our adversaries, showing not the least spirit of conciliation, have unduly delayed a settlement and, in the meantime, they have intensified the economic and political pressure to compel thereby our Empire to submission. This trend of affairs would, if left unchecked, not only nullify our Empire's efforts of many years for the sake of the stabilization of East Asia, but also would endanger the very existence of our nation. The situation being such as it is, our Empire for its existence and self-defense has no other recourse but to appeal to arms and to crush every obstacle in its path.

Answer 1

Answer:to emphasize that Japan is in grave danger

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

A: to emphasize that Japan is in grave danger

Explanation:

Japan was very dear to the Japanese people, because it was their homeland. The Japanese used the word existence because if Japan lost the war, who knows what the Allies would do to Japan? The existence of Japan mattered much to the Japanese people, and as a result, in the last years of the war, Japanese soldiers underwent a series of banzai charges, just hoping that the Allies wouldn't reach Japan, and de-throne the Emperor, who mattered to them as much as Japan.

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