The correct answer is C) attack the U.S.
Tojo, the Japanese military leader and Prime minister, persuaded the emperor to attack the U.S.
Hideki Tojó (1884-1948) was a Japanese General an Prime Minister during World War II. Indeed, he became Prime Minister in 1941. Although for some time he defended diplomatic conversations, in December of that year he advised the Emperor to attack England and the United States. What happened next was that Japan attacked the Hawaiian Island of Pearl Harbor.
