July 16, 1941 The second Konoe Cabinet resigns (on the following day, the third Konoe Cabinet is formed with Teijiro Toyoda as Minister of Foreign Affairs). “Confidential War Diary July 17, 1941” (Page 1) (Offered by the National Institute for Defense Studies, Defense Agency) On Wednesday, July 16 1941, the second Konoe Cabinet resigns. The third Konoe Cabinet is formed the next day. The primary reason for forming the new cabinet was to replace Minister of Foreign Affairs Yosuke Matsuoka, who had taken a hard-line approach towards the Japan–US War Talks, with Teijiro Toyoda. Document 1: A03023525600 Appointment of the Admiral of Navy in Charge of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry as the Concurrent Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Colonization, Teijiro Toyoda Document 2: “July 17” (“Confidential War Diary: The Third Volume" Images 89 and 90) July 16, 1941, the second Konoe Cabinet resigns, and the third Konoe Cabinet is formed the following day. Document 1 is the appointment letter for each minister. In document 2, the statement seen as the reason for the cabinet’s resignation is “actually to expel Foreign Minister Matsuoka”.