25th-26th May 1945
Tokyo will always remember the night of the 25th May. It started out so quietly. The moon was still out. People told one another that… Read More »25th-26th May 1945
Kantarō Suzuki
15th May 1945
About 400 B-29’s raided Nagoya yesterday, “for the first time dropping incendiaries on a large scale in the daytime”, while 300 carrier-borne planes were raking… Read More »15th May 1945
11th May 1945
A small peace clique is now taking shape in Japan. One of its leaders is sopposed to be General Ugaki who has, according to the… Read More »11th May 1945
7th May 1945
For the past four days the Japanese government and press have mourned for Hitler and his Reich, Mussolini and his Republic. In the afternoon of… Read More »7th May 1945
25th April 1945
The spirits of 41,318 army and navy dead, including the late Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, were solemnly enshrined in Yasakuni last night. Describing the “spirit… Read More »25th April 1945
15th April 1945
As was to be expected, a Japanese newspaper (in this case the Mainichi) has brought up the inevitable “Roosevelt has died. It was heaven’s punishment.… Read More »15th April 1945
9th April 1945
With the cabinet almost complete and the ceremony of imperial investiture held Saturday night, Suzuki yesterday, Sunday, made his first radiocast as premier and gave… Read More »9th April 1945
7th April 1945
With 120 bombers over Tokyo and 150 more over Nagoya, Suzuki requested “the visits of ministerial candidates to his cabinet-organizing headquarters” from 8 o’clock this… Read More »7th April 1945
6th April 1945
Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki is the new premier. The Mainichi, in reporting how he “received the imperial command” to form a new cabinet, gave an… Read More »6th April 1945
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