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In 1932, Japan was already crazy: it was supporting the puppet regime of Manchukuo, and there were constant political assassinations. It was preparing to withdraw from the League of Nations, tearing up the "Washington Treaty", and trying to dominate Asia and the Western Pacific. At this time, the United States needs to send its best diplomats to turn the tide, not only to safeguard its rights and interests in the Far East, but also to try to avoid war. On the cusp of such a storm, Ambassador Grew took office. The ten years during which Grew was sent to Japan were the ten years when the international situation in the Asia-Pacific region was changing rapidly. His personal diaries and public and private documents provide a very close observation perspective of actual diplomacy, revealing the inside story of the amazing struggles between the United States and Japan in various fields, and also showing the entire process of Japan heading towards the Pacific War.