tpjv86b – Page 13 – Exposing Imperial Japan

Kim Ku leads the way towards Korean...

Governor-General Koiso blamed excessive chili peppers for...

Niece of Korean collaborator nobleman Yoon Deok-yeong...

Master Imaizumi Teisuke, the spiritual leader of...

Not content with merely banning U.S. and...

Severe 1940s wartime housing crisis in urban...

Korean children underwent mass medical inspections in...

This is the only known bilingual Japanese-Korean...

British and Australian prisoners of war arrive...

Colonial police warned residents about police impersonators...

Propaganda story about a Japanese couple in...

Spotlight on 1943 Seoul: A Glimpse into...

1943 Imperial Japanese editorial decries liberalism, individualistic...

In 1917, an 11-year-old Korean girl in...

Koreans generally used to make their own...

Kim Ku leads the way towards Korean...

Governor-General Koiso blamed excessive chili peppers for...

Niece of Korean collaborator nobleman Yoon Deok-yeong...

Master Imaizumi Teisuke, the spiritual leader of...

Not content with merely banning U.S. and...

Severe 1940s wartime housing crisis in urban...

Korean children underwent mass medical inspections in...

This is the only known bilingual Japanese-Korean...

British and Australian prisoners of war arrive...

Colonial police warned residents about police impersonators...

Propaganda story about a Japanese couple in...

Spotlight on 1943 Seoul: A Glimpse into...

1943 Imperial Japanese editorial decries liberalism, individualistic...

In 1917, an 11-year-old Korean girl in...

Koreans generally used to make their own...

Kim Ku leads the way towards Korean...

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‘Yōko versus Hoshiko’, a 1944 morality play pitting ‘good Korean woman’ Yōko, who is kind and considerate, against ‘bad Korean woman’ Hoshiko, the selfish, corrupt patriotic group leader harboring liberal and hedonistic British/American thoughts who ‘needs to be shot’ for betraying Imperial Japan

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‘Yōko versus Hoshiko’, a 1944 morality play pitting ‘good Korean woman’ Yōko, who is kind and considerate, against ‘bad Korean woman’ Hoshiko, the selfish, corrupt patriotic group leader harboring liberal and hedonistic British/American thoughts who ‘needs to be shot’ for betraying Imperial Japan

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This is my translation and transcription of six fictional stories from Keijo Nippo, a propaganda newspaper and mouthpiece of the

Korean father carrying remains of his Imperial Army son in 1944 was upset his hometown ignored him and didn’t line up to salute his son like they did in Japan; colonial officials were ordered to show bereaved families proper respect or else the Koreans might start asking, ‘What did my son die for?’

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Korean father carrying remains of his Imperial Army son in 1944 was upset his hometown ignored him and didn’t line up to salute his son like they did in Japan; colonial officials were ordered to show bereaved families proper respect or else the Koreans might start asking, ‘What did my son die for?’

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This is a typical piece of what I might call a ‘stunned Korean’ propaganda story – a Korean travels to

Ordinary rural Koreans including men, women, elderly, little girls were forcibly worked to collect organic debris, animal manure, human feces/urine and make organic fertilizer to increase agricultural production for Imperial Japan’s war effort (April 1944)

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Ordinary rural Koreans including men, women, elderly, little girls were forcibly worked to collect organic debris, animal manure, human feces/urine and make organic fertilizer to increase agricultural production for Imperial Japan’s war effort (April 1944)

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The following three articles are from April 1944, when Imperial Japan was into its third year of fighting an all-out

12-year-old Korean girl in Tokyo allegedly chanted ‘Banzai to the Emperor’ 3 times with her last dying breaths before dying of diphtheria in April 1942, her father suddenly died soon afterwards of a broken heart, and Governor-General Koiso of colonial Korea gave condolence money to her surviving mother and sister the following year

Model Korean Family

12-year-old Korean girl in Tokyo allegedly chanted ‘Banzai to the Emperor’ 3 times with her last dying breaths before dying of diphtheria in April 1942, her father suddenly died soon afterwards of a broken heart, and Governor-General Koiso of colonial Korea gave condolence money to her surviving mother and sister the following year

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(Translation) Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) February 14, 1943The Model Korean Maiden“Banzai to the Emperor” at the Moment of DeathThe Warmth

Vegetable rationing in 1943 Seoul was measly (~200 grams a day per person), monotonous (mostly bok choy and daikon radish), and controlled by Patriotic Groups, the local arm of the ruling party of Japan-colonized Korea – severe shortages of carrots, taro roots, yams, all sold on the black market

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Vegetable rationing in 1943 Seoul was measly (~200 grams a day per person), monotonous (mostly bok choy and daikon radish), and controlled by Patriotic Groups, the local arm of the ruling party of Japan-colonized Korea – severe shortages of carrots, taro roots, yams, all sold on the black market

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This article talks about vegetable shortages in Korea in December 1943, two years into an all-out war against the US.

Imperial Japanese police in Seoul raided amusement centers, cafes, parks late at night and rounded up ordinary residents labeled ‘rebellious intellectuals’ and ‘insolent fellows’, announcing ‘every single idle person must be exterminated … to bring down the hammer on the neon bugs’ (August 1943)

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Imperial Japanese police in Seoul raided amusement centers, cafes, parks late at night and rounded up ordinary residents labeled ‘rebellious intellectuals’ and ‘insolent fellows’, announcing ‘every single idle person must be exterminated … to bring down the hammer on the neon bugs’ (August 1943)

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If you suddenly found yourself in Seoul in 1943 and couldn’t stand your oppressive surroundings, you would have probably been

Model Korean Family

Propaganda story about a Japanese couple in Seoul adopting a poor Korean orphan boy who grows up to become a restaurant owner in Japan with Japanese wife and mixed children, tearfully reuniting with his adoptive parents and vowing to “fulfill our duties as Imperial subjects on the home front” (1943)

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This is my translation and transcription of a news article from Keijo Nippo, a propaganda newspaper and mouthpiece of the

Food Shortages

In November 1943, colonial authorities implemented a clumsy, inefficient fish rationing system in Seoul which led to large spoilage losses, a measly fish quota of less than 750 grams a day per person, angry complaints about irregular store hours, families were sometimes allotted poisonous fugu fish

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This is my translation and transcription of a news article from Keijo Nippo, a propaganda newspaper and mouthpiece of the

On August 5, 1942, severe flooding hit all of Korea but especially Seoul and Gyeongi-do, at least 13 people died, and water overflowed Cheonggyecheon River and flooded Gwanghwamun Street (news coverage published on August 7, 1942)

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On August 5, 1942, severe flooding hit all of Korea but especially Seoul and Gyeongi-do, at least 13 people died, and water overflowed Cheonggyecheon River and flooded Gwanghwamun Street (news coverage published on August 7, 1942)

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My condolences to the residents of Seoul who lost their lives in the flooding yesterday. I read a tip from