10th March 1945
Shortly after midnight we were awakened by explosions nearby. We tried the lights but they would not go on so that we had apparently slept… Read More »10th March 1945
Shortly after midnight we were awakened by explosions nearby. We tried the lights but they would not go on so that we had apparently slept… Read More »10th March 1945
This morning I saw the girls who work in the army offices and hotels on Kudan hill lined up in front of the Yasukuni gates.… Read More »9th March 1945
On the 8th of every month, which is set aside all over Japan to commemorate the imperial rescript declaring war, Vargas pays his respects at… Read More »8th March 1945
The Manchu ambassador was a dinner guest at the embassy today. When dessert was served he waved it away. “I have been forbidden to eat… Read More »7th March 1945
A Filipino who runs a restaurant in Tokyo gave me some estimates of current black market prices. In general, black market prices are 10 times… Read More »6th March 1945
One of the Filipinos in Japan, in soliciting aid from the embassy as an air-raid victim, had a horror story to tell. Sometime ago he… Read More »5th March 1945
It started snowing in the middle of the afterward the air alarm was sounded. The combination seemed ominous after the heavy raid last month but… Read More »4th March 1945
I heard today of a contract of lease that indicates how even one year ago there were those who could read the signs of the… Read More »3rd March 1945
The wife of a Japanese diplomat complained to us that she had received orders to have her beloved police-dog killed. It seems all dogs in… Read More »2nd March 1945