7th June 1945
When I heard by accident that one of our students, the only one we had in the north of Japan, had “disappeared”, I hurried to… Read More »7th June 1945
When I heard by accident that one of our students, the only one we had in the north of Japan, had “disappeared”, I hurried to… Read More »7th June 1945
There is a general expectation that the change in the imperial Household ministry is only the forerunner of more extensive changes, possibly the fall of… Read More »6th June 1945
Rumors continue circulating that Pres. Osmeña was coming. There seems to be no foundation for it. For the first time, a moving picture was shown… Read More »June 5, 1945 Tuesday
The minister of the imperial household, Marquis Tsuneo Matsudaira, resigned after more than nine years in office yesterday “assuming responsibility for the burning of the… Read More »5th June 1945
Again rumors are circulating about the coming of Osmeña and MacArthur. We refuse to believe in order not to suffer another disappointment. We concede, however,… Read More »June 4, 1945 Monday
Roaming in the second-hand bookshops still in Kanda I found in nearly everyone a shelf of dictionaries: Nippongo-Burmese, Nippongo-Thai, Nippongo-Tagalog, Nippongo-Malay. Nobody was buying these… Read More »4th June 1945
Heard Mass. Entertainment program was held in the evening. Lt. Severance and many guards were present. We have plenty of elements for an excellent program.… Read More »June 3, 1945 Sunday
A program was staged by the newcomers. They have excellent talent in the group—great speeches and singing. We certainly enjoyed it. It did much to… Read More »June 2, 1945 Saturday
About 400 B-29’s carried out another concentrated daylight raid yesterday, this time on Osaka, and the Times feels compelled this morning to write: “The enemy’s… Read More »2nd June 1945