7th April 1945
With 120 bombers over Tokyo and 150 more over Nagoya, Suzuki requested “the visits of ministerial candidates to his cabinet-organizing headquarters” from 8 o’clock this… Read More »7th April 1945
With 120 bombers over Tokyo and 150 more over Nagoya, Suzuki requested “the visits of ministerial candidates to his cabinet-organizing headquarters” from 8 o’clock this… Read More »7th April 1945
Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki is the new premier. The Mainichi, in reporting how he “received the imperial command” to form a new cabinet, gave an… Read More »6th April 1945
The ruins of the 10th March fire in Tokyo are haunted by a stench of leaking gas. Hundreds of twisted faucets are still dripping in… Read More »5th April 1945
The English edition of the Mainichi today hits out with one of the strongest editorials of the war. “While we were talking about the war… Read More »4th April 1945
All the way from Miyanoshita to Tokyo was marked by send-off, parties for men called to the colors. The school-children in the village were lined… Read More »3rd April 1945
The American landing on the main Okinawa island yesterday has been announced and all the vernaculars are howling for a decisive victory. The Yomiuri is… Read More »2nd April 1945
Shopping idly in the luxury curio shops in Miyanoshita I was surprised to see that all the silver and tortoise-shell cigarette cases were gone. I… Read More »1st April 1945
A French countess, sitting beside me in the elegant foyer of the Fujiya, apologized for the paper package beside her. “It doesn’t smell so nice,”… Read More »31st March 1945
“The fighting spirit of the people is not unlimited,” warns the Mainichi today. After enumerating Japan’s successive reverses in the recent past, the paper asks:… Read More »30th March 1945