October 10, 1972
9:50 PM Oct. 10, 1972 Tuesday Malacañan Palace Manila 10 minute interview by BBC’s Derek Wilson (London based in Singapore). 15 minutes TV interview by… Read More »October 10, 1972
Asahi Shimbun
27th August, 1945
Tomorrow the first invading conqueror in Japan’s history will land from the skies on Atsugi airfield. How do the Japanese feel? What do they think… Read More »27th August, 1945
21st August, 1945
The situation continues well in hand. The War and Navy Offices have had to warn the armed forces against listening to such exacerbating rumors as… Read More »21st August, 1945
9th August 1945
As San Francisco announced that the second “atomic” bomb had been dropped on Nagasaki shortly before noon, the vernaculars started to open up a little… Read More »9th August 1945
8th August 1945
The details of the new bomb are still “under investigation”. One feels that the authorities are just an puzzled and bewildered by the whole thing… Read More »8th August 1945
31st July, 1945
There was a time when the Japanese hoped to win a negotiated peace through the U.S.S.R. Probably about the time of Germany’s fall the foreign… Read More »31st July, 1945
25th July, 1945
For two weeks now the amazing American task force has raged like a typhoon along the Pacific coast of the Japanese homeland; yesterday it struck… Read More »25th July, 1945
21st June 1945
As a “new offensive” was launched by the Americans on Okinawa, the Asahi noted with a hint of panic that the Americans are now bombing… Read More »21st June 1945
18th June 1945
The Asahi today carried a significant article which confessed the bankruptcy of a fundamental policy in Japanese diplomacy. There is no longer much hope, the… Read More »18th June 1945