2nd 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
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
When I went for a haircut to my neighborhood barbershop I found it turned into an improvised office of the local neighborhood association. A bomb… Read More »1st March 1945
A Japanese told me today how many of his countrymen keep themselves tolerably warm in these days of rationed charcoal, gas, and electricity. They take… Read More »28th February 1945
Our neighbor the factory owner was down in the mouth today. His downtown office was burned down in the last raid. Three caretakers were supposed… Read More »27th February 1945
Having slept through several alerts and alarms we woke up to find the apartment and the neighborhood without water, electricity or gas. Our own apartment… Read More »26th February 1945
We were just leaving the apartment to go to Mass when the alert sounded. We decided to risk it but we had not even arrived… Read More »25th February 1945
“The fighting situation is becoming ever more fierce,” warns the Tokyo Shimbun today. “The enemy has landed on Yiojimu, which may be said to be… Read More »24th February 1945
One of our interpreters, excusing himself for a day’s absence, said that the heavy snowfall had tied up the local line at his neighborhood for… Read More »23rd February 1945
After all the build-up of Hirose as chief secretary of the Koiso cabinet, he has now been shuffled out. Yesterday the government underwent another reorganization… Read More »22nd of February 1945