13th 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
Yomiuri Shimbun
11th 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
8th 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
5th August 1945
The director of the Catholic school in Gora confessed to me that they were living on a day to day basis. What made things worse,… Read More »5th August 1945
14th April 1945
On my way back to Miyanoshita I walked past the now familiar landscape of ruin and chaos, all the way from the embassy on Kudan… Read More »14th April 1945
8th April 1945
After she first flurry over the cabinet change the press has had time to take up an even more significant development, the Soviet notice of… Read More »8th April 1945
2nd April 1945
The American landing on the main Okinawa island yesterday has been announced and all the vernaculars are howling for a decisive victory. The Yomiuri is… Read More »2nd April 1945
14th March 1945
The stories in this mountain village of Miyanoshita about the great raid on Tokyo are vastly exaggerated. Distance has multiplied all figures and one old… Read More »14th March 1945
9th March 1945
This morning I saw the girls who work in the army offices and hotels on Kudan hill lined up in front of the Yasukuni gates.… Read More »9th March 1945