Month: February 2023

This Korean family donated their metallic tableware in February 1943 to help Imperial Japan’s war effort, including their brass Sinseollo (신선로, 神仙爐), a prized cooking vessel that was passed down the generations from their ancestors in the Korean royal court

2023-02-27

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This article shows a Korean man and his maidservant donating 32 brass items for Imperial Japan’s war effort, including a

Police

2023-02-23

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One bizarre thing that I noticed in this newspaper is the recurrence of stories about police impersonators who detain passersby

Korean Workers

2023-02-14

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In this story, the reporters covered an impoverished farming family in Haeju (in present-day North Korea) which was using traditional

Internment Camp

2023-02-09

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In February 1943, Governor-General Koiso issued an executive order creating a vast nationwide network of ‘Imperial Way Training Institutes’ that

Press

2023-02-05

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In December 1938, Keijo Nippo newspaper published a self-promoting advertisement on a full-page spread boasting about how it is the

2023-02-02

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The following two articles from 1939 profiled two mixed Japanese-Korean families: the first one had a Japanese husband and a