Italy and Japan for the joint prosecution of the war (of the 11th December, 1941), various cultural and economic agreements with Germany, Italy and the Axis satellites in Europe, and the Anti-Comintern Pact of the 25th November, 1936 and its two subsequent extensions were all declared void. 3. Commenting on the Anti-Comintern Pact the press, no doubt under official inspiration, made a great effort to persuade the public that anti-Communism had never been an issue in Japan and that the pact had been signed only because Japan felt compelled to do so in view of Germany's insistence.