May 16, 1944 (Tuesday)
May 16, 1944
Stayed the whole day at home still sick, waiting for another “scheduled” attack of malaria which fortunately did not come, thanks to two strong doses
Leocadio de Asis
(November 1, 1919 — ?), lawyer. Captured with the Second Regular Division, USAFFE after the fall of Bataan. Selected by the Japanese to enter a training program at the Japanese-established Philippine Constabulary Academy. Assigned to the Academy staff and taught criminal law and government regulations. In May, 1943 was one of ten Philippine Constabulary officers selected by the Japanese for training and study in Japan.
May 17, 1944 (Wednesday)
May 17, 1944
Still sick in quarters. Today started with a slight late spring drizzle, very soft, fine, noiseless rain, very typical during this part of the year.
May 18, 1944 (Thursday)
May 18, 1944
Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord. Still sick in quarters but feeling much better. The weather has suddenly changed. While the other day we
May 19, 1944 (Friday)
May 19, 1944
Still sick in quarters. Stayed in bed the whole day reading a 1941 issue of the American magazine which I enjoyed immensely. The tense situation
May 20, 1944 (Saturday)
May 20, 1944
Air Raid Alarm. Tonight at about 6:30 o’clock an air raid alarm was sounded. Blackout blinds have been pulled down, and Tokyo is ready for
May 21, 1944 (Sunday)
May 21, 1944
Mass, confession and communion at St. Sofia’s. Party at Maruyama’s. At 11:00 we gathered at Maruyama’s Music Studio to have a little reunion of the
May 22, 1944 (Monday)
May 22, 1944
At the Dentist. Dropped in this p.m. at Dr. Kaneko’s dental clinic, accompanied by Yasuko Nagasaki-san, to have my teeth fixed. The clinic is a
May 24, 1944 (Wednesday)
May 24, 1944
Party of Ambassador Murata. At 5:00 p.m. we were special guests of Ambassador [to the Philippines] [Shōzō] Murata at a dinner party held at the
May 27, 1944 (Friday)
May 27, 1944
At the dentist this p.m. had the nerve of my tooth extracted. It was half an hour of mental torture, as the doctor worked on
May 28, 1944 (Thursday)
May 28, 1944
At Dr. Kaneko’s clinic, I underwent an X-ray examination preparatory to the fixing up of my teeth. The doctor will charge me Y470, and I
June 1, 1944 (Thursday)
June 1, 1944
Summer begins today, our second in Japan. Japanese colegialas [schoolgirls] have put on their white summer blouses—a clear sign that summer has definitely started and
June 2, 1944 (Friday)
June 2, 1944
Bought the following books at Kyobunkan at Ginza: Romanized English-Japanese Dictionary, Grammar of Spoken Japanese by Y. Matsumiya, If America Fights With Japan by Homer
June 3, 1944 (Saturday)
June 3, 1944
Saw “Suthei-san” (“The Sailor”) at the Mitsukoshi Movie House.
June 4, 1944 (Sunday)
June 4, 1944
Mass, confession and communion at St. Sofia’s University Chapel. Tokyo Filipinos Gather. The Filipino Embassy House was today the scene of the first gathering of
June 5, 1944 (Monday)
June 5, 1944
As part of our training at school, we ran about 6 or 7 kilometers at double time from Kudan Hill to the Imperial Palace and
June 6, 1944 (Tuesday)
June 6, 1944
Received drill uniforms this p.m. (color: olive drab). Not bad. We should have received them long ago but somehow did not through some “dirty trick.”
June 7, 1944 (Wednesday)
June 7, 1944
News of the long-awaited landing by the Allies on the Western coast of France was published in the newspapers this morning. Woke up this morning
June 8, 1944 (Thursday)
June 8, 1944
Feast of Corpus Christi. Mass, confession and communion at St. Sofia’s. Imperial University (Teikoku Daigaku). After class this p.m. went with Cruz to visit the
June 9, 1944 (Friday)
June 9, 1944
Stayed in bed the whole day today, with severe pains in my back, the effect of judo and of the other day’s double-time. Fire. Fire
June 10, 1944 (Saturday)
June 10, 1944
New Bunch of Pensionados Arrive. At 10:00 this a.m., the new bunch of 25 pensionados from the P.I. arrived at Tokyo station. I was not
June 11, 1944 (Sunday)
June 11, 1944
Mass, confession and communion at St. Theresa’s Church. I thought I would not finish the mass, as I felt suddenly ill. Returning home, I went
June 12, 1944 (Monday)
June 12, 1944
Spent the day still sick in quarters. Wrote letters the whole morning. Read George Enosawa’s biography of Quezon [Manuel L. Quezon, from Nipa Hut to
June 13, 1944 (Tuesday)
June 13, 1944
Still sick in quarters. Finished reading K. Satomi’s Discovery of Japanese Idealism. Tonight received Y470 from the Philippine Society to pay my dental bill. Of
June 14, 1944 (Wednesday)
June 14, 1944
My teeth have been finally fixed this p.m., and I paid Y470 in cold cash. I am quite satisfied with the job, but it still
June 15, 1944 (Thursday)
June 15, 1944
The air-raid alarm is on (6:00 p.m.). Everyone is rushing home expecting an air-raid any moment. I hope they do not come tonight. Fight. In
June 16, 1944 (Friday)
June 16, 1944
Nippon Shoseki Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Textbook Publishing Company). At 3:30 this p.m. we visited the Ministry of Education’s immense publishing house which prints the textbooks
June 17, 1944 (Saturday)
June 17, 1944
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
June 18, 1944 (Sunday)
June 18, 1944
Went shopping at Shinjuku this morning with Peña and Quiambao and bought a few things to bring back to the P.I. These last few weeks
June 19, 1944 (Wednesday)
June 19, 1944
At midnight last night we were awakened by the air-raid warden to warn us of the gravity of the situation, advising us to take all
June 20, 1944 (Tuesday)
June 20, 1944
Shopping. After class, bought a cute, small razor (Y5.74) and a silver bracelet with small pearls inlaid in shell-like trinkets (Y17.60) at the Imperial Hotel