27th of January 1945
At noon the sirens blew the air-raid alarm, the short blasts sounding like quick choking gasps while we hurried breathlessly down to the basement. It… Read More »27th of January 1945
At noon the sirens blew the air-raid alarm, the short blasts sounding like quick choking gasps while we hurried breathlessly down to the basement. It… Read More »27th of January 1945
The army and the navy took their turn in a general meeting of the lower house yesterday. The navy minister regretted that he could give… Read More »25th January 1945
In preparation for the opening of the imperial diet today the government has announced the distribution of one bale of charcoal per family, the release… Read More »21st January 1945
Four Japanese Catholic nuns called. They had a small cake baked for us by their Mother Superior. The icing represented the Philippine and Japanese flags.… Read More »18th — 20th January 1945
The Japanese financial adviser in Manila has given us a few graphic flashes of the last days of the Laurel regime in that city. Its government,… Read More »17th 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
All the drums of propaganda are being beaten frantically throughout Japan. Yesterday afternoon, according to an official communiqué, “the enemy dropped several bombs on the sacred… Read More »15th January 1945
On the way to Mass in the morning we saw a group of youngsters in uniform. They could not have been more than 15 or… Read More »14th January 1945
When, the historians get around to studying the question whether this war was premeditated by Japan, they will be puzzled by the fact that Japan… Read More »13th January 1945