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title: Nobufumi Ito
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/nobufumi-ito/
description: 1 verified quote from Nobufumi Ito, President of the Cabinet Information Board (1940-41), with sources.
section: FRAME
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[Quotes](https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/) · Japan

# Nobufumi Ito

![Nobufumi Itō in the 1930s](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/images/showa-japan/nobufumi-ito.jpg)

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President of the Cabinet Information Board (1940-41) · Japan

On the regime page: [Empire of Japan, 1937 to 1945](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/showa-japan/#nobufumi-ito)

1 quote, oldest first. [Filter with other speakers](https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/#speaker=nobufumi-ito).

1. > “The Imperial Diet functions as before despite the new national structure, President Nobufumi Ito of the Cabinet Information Board said in his first interview with foreign correspondents. The difference between the new structure in Japan and the political structures of Germany and Italy lies in the fundamental conception of the State, he said.” — English: English chronology entry in the Domei-based digest 'International Gleanings from Japan'. Original-language text not found. — December 16, 1940 · Interview · Tokyo, interview with foreign correspondents Verified (secondary source) — Ito had become the first President of the newly created Cabinet Information Board on 6 December 1940. He spoke to foreign correspondents about the 'new national structure' movement and the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. — 'International Gleanings from Japan', chronology for December 1940, entry for 16 December (Nobufumi Ito, President of the Cabinet Information Board, first interview with foreign correspondents), in 'Clippings and mimeographed material: China-Japan War, 1932-1942, Folder 7' (Internet Archive scan) [Source](https://archive.org/details/clippingsmimeogr00unse_33)

## Often attributed, not verified

These words circulate under Nobufumi Ito’s name but could not be traced to a source. They are listed so readers can check them, not as Nobufumi Ito’s words.

- > “The Nippon-Thai treaty is 'a valuable contribution toward the political progress of East Asia' and 'not in its spirit and letter such a passive one as the so-called non-aggression treaty but a progressive one'.” — Unverifiable Usually said to come from: Ito, statement of 24 December 1940 on the Japan-Thailand treaty (Domei, printed in the Hong Kong Telegraph, 26 December 1940) — The Domei report is printed in the Hong Kong Telegraph of 26 December 1940, but the available OCR is too corrupt to copy the wording exactly, and a cleaner copy (Trove, NewspaperSG) could not be opened. Not published until a clean copy is read.