28th May 1945
Almost unnoticed amid the mourning for Tokyo was the first faint death-rattle of Okinawa. On the night of the 24th the Giretsu air-borne unit of… Read More »28th May 1945
Almost unnoticed amid the mourning for Tokyo was the first faint death-rattle of Okinawa. On the night of the 24th the Giretsu air-borne unit of… Read More »28th May 1945
The imperial palace was burnt down in the last raid. A communique issued by imperial general headquarters yesterday revealed that about 250 B-29’s from southern… Read More »27th May 1945
Tokyo will always remember the night of the 25th May. It started out so quietly. The moon was still out. People told one another that… Read More »25th-26th May 1945
From the night of the 23rd to the morning of the 24th Tokyo underwent one of the heaviest raids of the war. The targets were… Read More »23rd-24th May 1945
On the anniversary of Emperor Meiji’s rescript on education, a new wartime education law was promulgated today which virtually turns the schools of Japan into… Read More »22nd May 1945
“The decisive battle in the Okinawas has become all the more fierce,” warns the Asahi, “The battle on land has shifted to Maha and Shuri… Read More »21st May
“The new national volunteer corps,” explains the Times today, “has as its prime aim the reorganizing and propelling of the normal activities of the people… Read More »20th May
The diplomatic corps in Japan has fallen on evil days. It was dull enough after all the allied representatives were exchanged. Then Italy surrendered and… Read More »19th May 1945
After 100 B-29’s had pounded Nagoya yesterday, some 40 P-51’s machine-gunned airfields southwest of the capital this noon. This raids however have become so frequent… Read More »18th May 1945