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
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
A heavy storm raged all last night and it was still pouring this morning. Will the Japanese take it as a sign of the displeasure… Read More »23rd August, 1945
The first impression of calm is wearing off. Underneath all this outward placidity Tokyo is seething with rumour, plot, and counter-plot. It appears new that the… Read More »16th August 1945
The war is over. At noon today the emperor personally broadcast his rescript proclaiming peace. The Times, which ran the complete text under a modest three-column… Read More »15th August 1945
The American reply to Japan’s peace offer has been announced by San Francisco. Delivered yesterday the 12th it demands that the authority of the emperor… Read More »13th August 1945
I sneaked up to Gora today to see how the Soviet diplomats were getting along._The village itself was quiet; the streets were almost deserted; the… Read More »11th 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
After leading off its Potsdam story two days ago with the observation that the Big Three “failed to produce anything that has direct bearing on… Read More »6th August 1945
“As the earth hardens in the rain, so also the government and the people have grown more united,” wrote the Asahi. It was a rain… Read More »11th-15th June 1945