tpjv86b, Author at Exposing Imperial Japan

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Imperial Japan lavished praise on 박춘금 (朴春琴), first Korean member of the Japanese Diet, for sending his only son 박춘웅 (朴春雄) off to war, the son’s name reappears as an agent in a 1957 North Korean spy operation against Japan called the Shinkomaru Incident (新光丸事件)

2024-05-27

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I came across another fascinating 1943 article from Keijo Nippo, a known propaganda tool for the Imperial Japanese regime during

Model Korean Family

Korean candidate defiantly ran for office in 1943 Seoul elections without official endorsement, only to be forced to drop out and thank Master Imaizumi for soothing his ‘dissatisfaction with the world’

2024-05-10

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This article details the story of Mr. Kanemitsu (likely originally Mr. Kim) a member of the Seoul prefectural assembly during

Model Korean Family

Elderly Korean farmer Kim Chi-gu (김치구, 金致龜), featured in 1943 article fervently donating 150,000 kg of rice to the Imperial Japanese Army every year and receiving honors from Prime Minister Tojo at a formal awards ceremony in Haeju

2024-04-22

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I wanted to share an intriguing article that I recently came across in an old issue of the Keijo Nippo

Model Korean Family

Niece of Korean collaborator nobleman Yoon Deok-yeong (윤덕영, 尹徳栄) was featured in 1939 article declaring ‘I really want to marry a Japanese man’ and adopting the Japanese surname ‘Izu’ to improve her marriage prospects

2024-04-14

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The following article from 1939 features a young 21-year-old Korean woman celebrating her newly given ability to change her surname

Christianity

Imperial Japan purged Korean schools of ‘pro-American’ professors, abolished Christian prayers, and labeled the English language as the ‘product of the enemy’, expelled Western missionaries (Dec. 1942)

2024-03-15

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I wanted to share something quite illuminating and, frankly, disturbing from a historical perspective. It’s an excerpt from an article

Military

The Lim Family portrayed as happy, model pro-Japanese Koreans eagerly sending their eldest son Yeongjo to enlist in the ‘honorable’ Imperial Army as his little sister Imako-chan frolics with joy (Dec. 1943)

2024-03-03

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In December 1943, amidst the turmoil of World War II, Korea found itself under the colonial rule of Imperial Japan,

Education

Colonial regime forced Korean schools to drop English from the main curriculum to further wartime Imperial Japanese ‘character-building’ education (April 1943)

2024-02-19

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In April 1943, during the throes of the Pacific War, a notable article was published in Keijo Nippo, the leading

Korean Workers

Model Korean mother left baby and bedridden husband behind at home to work as a clerk for Imperial Japanese Army, praised by boss for happily working overtime, early morning to late at night for 1/3 the usual pay without complaining, even when so exhausted she couldn’t see straight (Feb. 1944)

2024-02-10

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This article features Mrs. Ahn, a Seoul native, who in the midst of war, leaves behind her baby and bedridden

Japanese Language

How Korean numbers (하나,둘,셋…) are related to Japanese numbers (hito-, futa-, mit-…), as explained by 1938 Japanese linguistics article from colonial regime

2024-02-05

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I ran into this interesting linguistics article in the June 1938 issue of “Chōsen” (Korea), published as an official propaganda

Education

Colonial regime made impassioned case for Japanese-Korean Unification in ranting mythological and historical narrative invoking the story of Yeonorang and Seonyeo, Shinto god Susanoo who settled in Silla, Prince Go Yak’gwang and Goguryeo refugees who settled in Musashi, Japan in 717 (April 1944)

2024-01-31

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A supporter sent me a copy of an extremely interesting wartime propaganda book published in April 1944 by the Imperial