29th April 1945
The emperor was 44 years old today. Apparently there will be no elaborate celebration; the state banquet has been cancelled, as it has been every… Read More »29th April 1945
The emperor was 44 years old today. Apparently there will be no elaborate celebration; the state banquet has been cancelled, as it has been every… Read More »29th April 1945
With a new American attack under way in Okinawa, the spotlight has been turned again on the tokotai. Both the English papers today carry their… Read More »28th April 1945
“In view of the increasing skill of the enemy,” the siren signals will be shortened. The alert (one continuous blast) will be cut from three… Read More »27th April 1945
Today is the 25th on the other side of the international date-line and the Japanese press is obsessed with the opening of the San Francisco… Read More »26th 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
The ambassadors’ conference failed to divert the Japanese from the realities of the war. While looking forward “with the keenest concern and breathless interest” to… Read More »24th April 1945
After three days of the hasty and perfunctory preparation, the ambassadors’ conference of Greater East Asiatic nations was opened today, a pathetic little popgun aimed… Read More »23rd April 1945
Commenting on the “war precepts” issued to the imperial forces, the Times notes that the fifth calls on them to assume the leadership of the… Read More »22nd April 1945
As an historical document for future students of Japanese military psychology, the “five-point army precept” issued yesterday by general Korechika Anami, the war minister, is… Read More »21st April 1945