12th August 1945
All the world knows that the Japanese are ready to surrender except the Japanese, A rumor ran through the Village today that Japan had made… Read More »12th August 1945
All the world knows that the Japanese are ready to surrender except the Japanese, A rumor ran through the Village today that Japan had made… Read More »12th August 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
The third fundamental policy in Japan’s new pre-invasion structure (following the wartime emergency authority and the division of the empire into eight regions) was announced… Read More »25th June 1945
About 400 B-29’s raided Nagoya yesterday, “for the first time dropping incendiaries on a large scale in the daytime”, while 300 carrier-borne planes were raking… Read More »15th May 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
The train to Odawara was crowded with refugees and so was the neat little tourist tram to Miyanoshita. One young evacuee girl was making friends… Read More »20th March 1945
Still in the train on the way to Fukuoka. Missed mass and communion. Our train has been delayed 3 hours, and we nearly passed Hiroshima… Read More »October 1, 1944 (Sunday)
The Japanese evening papers published the news of the bombing of Kyushu by American B-29’s at 2:00 this morning. There was, however, no alert alarm… Read More »July 8, 1944 (Saturday)
The newspapers published vague details about the bombings in Northern Kyushu and Southern Korea. The air-raid alarm is still on in Tokyo, and danger is… Read More »June 17, 1944 (Saturday)