Viewing the suffering of colonized people through the lens of the colonizer's propaganda
mobilizing Koreans in Let’s look at three articles from Keijo Nippo (the official Japanese colonial newspaper in Korea) published in
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In May 1945, as the war situation worsened, the Japanese colonial authorities in Korea tightened their grip on everyday life
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This is a translation of a Japanese newspaper roundtable discussion from June 1945, held just two months before Imperial Japan’s
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In April 1945, with Imperial Japan losing the war, Imperial authorities turned their rage inward—targeting Korean women for wearing traditional
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As Imperial Japan’s war effort crumbled in early 1945, its propaganda turned increasingly desperate and moralistic. This article, published in
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The following two news articles were printed adjacent to each other in the February 22, 1945 issue of Keijo Nippo,
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These propaganda cartoons, serialized in 1943 during the height of Imperial Japan’s war mobilization, were aimed at the Korean audience.
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These propaganda cartoons, serialized in 1943 during the height of Imperial Japan’s war mobilization, were aimed at the Korean audience.
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This propaganda cartoon, published in the Korean-language Maeil Sinbo Newspaper on November 1, 1943, depicts an idealized portrait of model
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It was January 1945, in the final desperate months of World War II. As fuel and fabric shortages deepened, the
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