Journalist and popular historian Edwin P. Hoyt wrote that the Tanaka Memorial was an accurate representation "of what Prime Minister Tanaka had said and what the supernationalists had been saying for months."
Jurnalis dan sejarawan populer Edwin P. Hoyt menyatakan bahwa Rencana Tanaka adalah perwakilan akurat "dari apa yang Perdana Menteri Tanaka katakan dan apa yang para super-nasionalis katakan selama berbulan-bulan."