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The official journal of the Japanese Military Administration

The Official Journal of the Japanese Military Administration (JMA) published all important speeches, messages, instructions and notices of top Japanese officials and the JMA. Bilingual, with the front part in English and the back part (front to…

The flowering of racial spirit / by Asihei Hino ; translated into English by Kazi-o Nisina

A Japanese writer’s reportage on the Japanese campaign in Bataan. Hino was a noted Japanese writer and war correspondent since the late 1930s, covering the Sino-Japanese War. He came to the Philippines in March 1942 to witness the final Japanese…

Hito Hakengun [Philippine Expeditionary Force]

Pictorial for Japanese audiences on the Japanese invasions and victories in the Philippines in 1941-1942. Watari was the code name of the 14th Army, which invaded and occupied the Philippines. As part of Japan’s propaganda efforts, experienced…

Terraced hell : a Japanese memoir of defeat & death in Northern Luzon, Philippines / by Tetsuro Ogawa

Ogawa was a teacher of Nippongo assigned to the Philippines in 1942, and who stayed till the end of the war.

His memoir focuses on the last year of war, starting in 1945 in Bauang, La Union, on the eve of the American landing there. He narrates…

Omoide wa Manira no umi ni = [My memories are in the sea of Manila] / Gunji Tadakatsu

Ruson no tanima : saiaku no senjo ichi heishi no hokoku = [Valley of Luzon] / Masanori Esaki

Montenrupa no yoake = [The dawn in Muntinlupa] / Emiko Arai

[Annotation by Yuka Ibuki:]
This book tells about approximately 150 Japanese War Criminals of B&C Class, held in the New Bilibid in Muntinlupa. In 1952, they were returned to Japan under an amnesty given by President Quirino. On May 16, 1953, Rev.…

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