Yoko's Diary by Paul Ham

Author:Paul Ham [Ham, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781743096314
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2013-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

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Woke up: 5.20am Went to bed: 9pm Study: 1 hour Chores: prepared dinner

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Imperial Rescript Proclamation Day

In 1942 the government declared the eighth day of each month to be Imperial Rescript Proclamation Day, in commemoration of the Imperial Proclamation of the War Against Britain and America on 8 December 1941, the day after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor and the start of war with Britain and America. On this day newspapers would reprint the Proclamation on their front pages and families would fly the Japanese flag over their homes. At school, children participated in special ceremonies, read from the Proclamation and honoured the soldiers fighting in the war.

The day was all part of the government’s determined effort to maintain nationalist fervour and prepare children for fighting the enemy in an invasion. Those efforts were successful, as we hear in Yoko’s comments throughout her diary. For example, she writes on 5 June: ‘We are pushing forward on that battlefield, striving to increase production. If we will not work hard, who will? Whatever it takes, we must work as hard as we can until we win the war.’

– Paul Ham

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