His knowledge about the regime made him mistrustful of the courteous and amicable words and agreeable speeches that the government produced for overseas consumption via its mouthpiece, Radio Tokyo, or the official press agency, Domei Tsushin.
He knew that these "agreeable words" hid the real intentions of the ruling Imperial Way Faction (皇道派, Kōdōha), which were: Newman thought that if the American people understood the Japanese political-military movements from the Meiji period to the days before December 1941, it could have prevented the Pearl Harbor disaster and the outbreak of the Pacific War.
Thanks to his friends in the Japanese government, Newman obtained permission to leave the country, saying that he was taking a holiday in Hawaii.
Joseph Newman was also the chief correspondent for the Herald Tribune in Moscow after the war, and was host to John Steinbeck during his famous trip there.
just in his period in Buenos Aires, in 1943 he authorized the Editorial Poseidon, Sociedad de Responsabilidad limitada the publication of your book in Spanish under the title "Adios al Japon"; Eight years later he and his family settled in Washington D.C. where he remained until he died.