17th August, 1945
The atmosphere continues to be tense and we are still being advised not to walk about, In the morning of the 15th, some discontented officers,… Read More »17th August, 1945
The atmosphere continues to be tense and we are still being advised not to walk about, In the morning of the 15th, some discontented officers,… Read More »17th August, 1945
The first impression of calm is wearing off. Underneath all this outward placidity Tokyo is seething with rumour, plot, and counter-plot. It appears new that the… Read More »16th August 1945
The war is over. At noon today the emperor personally broadcast his rescript proclaiming peace. The Times, which ran the complete text under a modest three-column… Read More »15th August 1945
The shadowy outlines and decision on the Potsdam Declaration may perhaps be seen in a Domei comment carried inconspicuously in an inside page of the… Read More »1st August, 1945
Can the Japanese government continue to “ignore” the three waves of carrier-borne planes that attacked the Kanto this morning, or the fleet that shelled Kamamatsu… Read More »30th July, 1945
The Japanese learned “with trepidation” today that while the American task force is searing the imperial land with fire and steel, the emperor “is graciously… Read More »26th July, 1945
Reshaping the administrative structure of Japan to conform with the emergency and the new summary authority demanded by the emergency, Suzuki announced at the present… Read More »24th June 1945
Today the wartime emergency measure law went into effect. It was about time, if not too late. The vernaculars were speaking of “gradually mounting losses”… Read More »23rd June 1945
“As the earth hardens in the rain, so also the government and the people have grown more united,” wrote the Asahi. It was a rain… Read More »11th-15th June 1945