6th July 1945
Why do the Japanese continue to fight? They are tired and hungry; the Tokyo Shimbun urges all Japanese to “learn to eat weeds”. Yet if… Read More »6th July 1945
Tokyo Shimbun
16th May 1945
In a formal decision of the cabinet Japan recognized yesterday that the tri-partite treaty, the subsequent Axis military alliance, the anti-Comintern pact, and other related… Read More »16th May 1945
10th May 1945
As the last breached wall of Hitler’s Reich crumbled and collapsed, Japan peered through the choking cloud of rumor, report, glimmering hope and thickening despair… Read More »10th May 1945
16th March 1945
The roads out of Tokyo are crowded with refugees, each with his bundle strapped to his back. The last raid has done more to push… Read More »16th March 1945
24th 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
16th January 1945
The press is still beating the tom-toms over the Ise bombing. A noted Japanese historian says that “the enemy are not men for men fight… Read More »16th January 1945