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Issue No. 253 (January 6, 1943)

Imperial theme for New Year’s Poetry Contest – New Year in a Farming Village
Breath-freezing cold – Defending the Far North
No New Year holidays – XX anti-aircraft defense unit
Today’s admirable little sea eagles – Students of Oita National School join the Air Force for a day
Packing “imon-bukuro (soldier comfort bags)” for our troops during the New Year holidays
Letters from our troops down south
Securing our own supplies, from cigarettes to dumplings – Cargo team in Burma
Children at play in An Nam – No different from you, are they?
Ever-strong prayers for Japan-China solidarity – New China celebrates the first anniversary of the Greater East Asia War
Issue No. 254 (January 13, 1943)

Chairman Wang Jingwei of the national government pays a visit
Our guidance and support further strengthens new China’s military prowess
Enhancing our military strength – Full deployment of New China’s resources
War cries celebrate the first anniversary throughout Greater East Asia
Producing local engineers – Local training center at Shonan
Spring tournament in south: Sumo games at Saigon Camp – Lively Taiko drums echo across the Pacific and Indian Oceans
New Year’s in Southeast Asia – Muslim thanksgiving in Malay and Sumatra
Turning the inessentials into essentials – Neighborhood association’s clothing exchange, 15 Kamiyacho, Shiba-ku, Tokyo-shi
5 bridegrooms from Tokyomura, Manchuria seek their brides
Female students studying braille to pay visit to troops who lost their eyesight
Camera on the homefront
Issue No. 255 (January 20, 1943)

Sounds of the land eagles rise high – New Year’s visit to the Imperial Capital
Aircraft factory in full operation
Young sea eagles training hard
Young sea eagles leave the nest – Kumagaya Army Air Academy
Navy parachute troops prepare for their next operation
Enemy planes aiming to attack our mainland
Offerings of copper
Bells, too, become weapons in the air – Hitachi Mines Refinery
You can be an aircraft builder
Camera on the homefront
Issue No. 256 (January 27, 1943)

Steadfast resolve! China joins the war
The day China joined the war - Nanking
Strength of China now in the war – Central Army Academy
Defending the North Seas in the extreme cold – The Imperial Navy
Sounds of the military band echo over the snowswept mountain pass – Students of the Army Toyama Academy: Forced march in the snow
Spirited in fight: A stadium in a snowstorm – National Students Games on Ice: Tatenoumi, Nagano Prefecture
Volunteers transporting wood coal on warhorse reserves – Takayama, Gifu Prefecture
Military parade for warriors of the sea
First thing is to beat the cold
Cries of neighborhood watch ring clear in the cold night – Tokyo: Honshiba Children’s Association on Night Watch
Issue No. 257 (February 3, 1943)

Repeated battles with America and Britain taking place on the front
Stamp out American and British records!
Eliminate American and British words from billboards
Are these really Japanese products for the Japanese people?
Savings produced by exchanging unnecessary items – Nagoya
Japan, Germany, and Italy sign an economic pact – Drafting the details of the Japan-Germany Treaty at the Minister of Foreign Affairs Residence
Cebu in Philippines rises from the ashes
Collecting grand heaps of scrap steel at an old battlefield – Shonan
Unglazed cookers support the kitchen front
Issue No. 258 (February 10, 1943)

Prime Minister Tojo delivers fierce policy speech after recovering from illness
A year after the founding of Shonan – From destruction to construction
Commander in Chief Terauchi tours and offers encouragement at local shipbuilding dock – A year after the founding of Shonan
A year after the founding of Shonan – Active newspapers and moving exhibits
A year after the founding of Shonan – A major lecture on radio exercises
A year after the founding of Shonan – Storyboard theater a hit with audiences
Battle off the coast of Rennell Island
Practical example of “Toki no Tatefuda (Slogan of the Times)” in use
Praying for another year of rich harvests – Kinensai (Good Harvest Ceremony), February 17
Lives are risked to deliver the cargo, so give your all unloading it – Cargo warriors handling cargo
We are the Youth Cavalry – Mizunami National School, Gifu Prefecture
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Issue No. 259 (February 17, 1943)

Joy of independence near in Burma
Spirit of the Burma Defense Force reaches high to the sky
Peaceful city abuzz with activity
Happy faces of Burma
American and British foes desperate to turn the situation around
German citizens in battle
Practical example of “Toki no Tatefuda (Slogan of the Times)” in use
Portraying the soldier’s spirit on canvas – Artists and sculptors joining army academies for a day
Send power to the military factories
Turning the Imperial Diet into a classroom
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Issue No. 260 (February 24, 1943)

Portraying the difficulties of elite forces defending the North – Kwantung Army’s reporting drill
A year into construction – The new Malay
Mito Kairakuen Seikatei        Revived as a Sanpo dojo
A dojo in the snow – Nagano Prefecture
Supply rice, all for victory – Yamagata Prefecture
March Imperial Diet – Striving to supply rice and boost sweet potato production
March – Water Festival at the National Foundation Day Festival, February 11
Science serving as the vanguard of greater production: Labor Science Research Institute – Cooperation Team
Our enemy is the duke rabbit ahead – Kuju National School of Oita Prefecture offers rabbit fur
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Issue No. 261 (March 3, 1943)

Extinguishing large incendiaries – Testing the power of large, American incendiaries and putting them out  Osaka
Training air defense leaders – Nagasaki Air Defense Academy
Rice balls defend the air – Nagoya Girls Youth Group take part in emergency rice supply training
Hinamatsuri at neighborhood associations – Tokyo
Filipino captives return to their homeland
All the things that can be made from coconuts in the Philippines
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Issue No. 262 (March 10, 1943)

Ceaseless attacks – Vow of spirited warriors
Shooting without hesitation
Still have a hand to work with
I make weapons
Infusing the soil with the warrior spirit
Water bullets overhead
Living out a husband’s dying will
Carrying on the spirit of the three brave men
The warrior spirit of battle and the farm
Coloring book
Save our friends in India: India Relief National Conference – Tokyo
Encouragement troops to the industry frontlines – Tokyo
Female students perform self-produced storyboards –Kyoto Prefectural Second High School
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Issue No. 263 (March 17, 1943)

Cutting large trees as offerings – Okayama Prefecture
Wood offerings turn into wooden ships – Osaka
Becoming a strong Japanese ship crew – Fukuura Village, Kanagawa Prefecture
Shonan Training Center for local ship crew
Encouragment even in Java – Savings from Japan
Your words bring cheer to our soldiers – Sending heartful letters of comfort
Troops in Java receiving letters of comfort
Fish of the South
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Issue No. 264 (March 24, 1943)

Chinese Government Forces fight bravely along our common front – March 30, third anniversary of the transfer of the Chinese capital
Reconstruction of the Zhegan railroad makes progress
Full strength of northern China channeled into building the Shijin Canal
New China – Latest news
Shonan Shrine enshrinement ceremony
Dayak tribe youths become police officers
From an oil town
War spirit embodied in “bullet bonds”
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho rides the streetcar
Osaka women and glider – Osaka
Issue No. 265 (March 31, 1943)

Prime Minister Tojo visits Nanking
Joint drill of Japan-China military forces – March 10, Nanking
Changes to middle school education      Junior High Schools
Changes to middle school education      Girls’ High Schools
Creating textbooks with our own hands
Women fight via the Red Cross – Gifu Prefectural Motosu Girls’ High School
Let the new fiscal year inspire you to change your spending habits
Potential war horses train until called for – April 7, Horse Day
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho meets a traveling farm equipment repair team
Spreading the spirit of the ceaseless attack nationwide
Issue No. 266 (April 7, 1943)

Father’s love to the children of Yasukuni – Prime Minister Tojo encourages the honorary orphans
5th Annual Yasukuni Shrine Orphan Pilgrimage
Chief Ba Maw’s joyous 12-day visit to Tokyo
Burma, a nation that produces 6 million tons of rice annually
Recovering sunken enemy ships one after another – Manilla Bay
Japanese women from the Manilla Vanguard
Completion of the Trans-Luzon Railroad
Fight Cheerfully –Hungry Shashin Shuho goes to the city
Our classrooms are also a battlefield – Good children in North Chosen earnestly study and train
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Issue No. 267 (April 14, 1943)

Prime Minister Tojo visits Manchuria
Loyal honors shine bright – Navy joint funeral of 10 brave soldiers from the Second Special Attack Unit
Exact revenge on the enemy American planes that killed our friends
Give our growing, working youth a profitable life – Youth Custody Day, April 17 & 18
Offer wayward youth a job and the awareness of a Japanese Fighter – Youth Custody Day, April 17 & 18
Young railmen training – Tokyo
From the frontlines of the South Pacific to everyone on the homefront
Filipinos’ take joy in work – A year after the full occupation of the Bataan Peninsula
Streetlamps of Ginza also offered – Phase 1 of emergency metal collection begins
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho takes a walk with a postman
Nutrition for our growing children – Hamakurosaki National School, Toyama City
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Issue No. 268 (April 21, 1943)

No worries behind our warriors – Promoting spirit to support our troops  April 23 to 29
National schools and support for our soldiers – Ohta National School, Ibaraki Prefecture
Wounded soldier plant to encourage self-recovery – Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Outcome of battles on Akyab and the Florida Islands – Enemy counteroffensive continues
Production going strong  Copper mines in the Philippines
Malay children are good too – Shonan Special City Normal Public School
The Imperial Capital on Horse Day – April 7
Snow no more – Students dedicate their efforts to remove snow and boost production – Niigata Prefecture
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho visits a village office
For women aspiring to be machinists – Nagoya Tsurumai Women’s Machinist Training Center
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Issue No. 269 (April 28, 1943)

Toughen mothers of healthy soldiers – Healthy Citizen Campaign, May 1-10
Raise each child born – Nakane Village, Chiba Prefecture
Manage health at the workplace – Healthy Citizen Campaign, Tokyo Shibaura Denki (Toshiba) Shibaura Branch
Form Healthy Citizen Divisions in town/village associations – Three town associations in Uchiyasu, Minami-ku, Osaka City
Medan filled with joy – 1st Anniversary of New Sumatra
Construction News – Makassar
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho visits wartime farm of a neighborhood association
The new ma of a boarding house
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Issue No. 270 (May 5, 1943)

Our son is a young cherry tree at Kudan – Special spring ceremony at Yasukuni Shrine held in solemn reverence
So many ways to save – All rise and smash the 27 billion mark!
Finger doll theater performance provides lesson on savings – Tokyo
Farming song in the shade of the coconut trees - Sumatra
A Japanese ship born out of the jungle – North Borneo
Offering of 300-year old pine boulevard – Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture
Today young boys realize their dream of becoming sea eagles –Youth Air Training Unit joins the Tsuchiura Navy Air Force for a day
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho tells locals the joyous news of rising rice prices
Issue No. 271 (May 12, 1943)

Proud dignity of new land eagles
His Imperial Majesty, the commander in chief, visits the Imperial Headquarters
Offering our lives to His Imperial Majesty – The brave continue to fight on
Offering our lives to His Imperial Majesty – Another day on which airborne sea eagles head to strike the U.S. mainland
Soldiers rejoice over our comfort bags
With a horse on that day
Japanese and Chinese youth exchange in Nanjing – Celebrating the establishment of the Chinese Youth Organization
Physical education training of wartime students
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho accompanies a Nichifu member mother for a day
Fight cheerfully – Shashin Shuho delivers picture books to a farming village
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Issue No. 272 (May 19, 1943)

Prime Minister Tojo  Visit to the Philippines
Faces in Manila welcome Prime Minister Tojo
Six-month effort to grow cotton bears fruit – Batangas, the Philippines
Birthday of New Java
Good children growing in the South – Kuching First Public School in North Borneo
Bustling morning market in Sumatra
Army youth soldiers straight from National School
Hospital ship Uraru-maru – Marks of a brutal attack by an American plane
One for each neighborhood association – Childcare leaders
Child unit in Manchuria enrolls for a day
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Issue No. 273 (May 26, 1943)

Time has come for the final battle
Off we fly to the battlefield in the skies – Tsuchiura Navy Air Force
Off we fly to the battlefield in the skies – Kasumigaura Navy Air Force
Speaking with experienced sea eagles – Young men follow our brave men in the sky
Efforts of brothers behind war achievements
Navy Air Force Academy
Japan’s greatest naval village in a country with no sea
The joy of becoming a Navy man – Special rule on Navy volunteers opened to Chosen and Taiwan
National film – Navy Battle Diaries
Issue No. 274 (June 2, 1943)

Her Imperial Highness visits four locations in the Imperial Capital – Closely observes efforts of women on the homefront in preparation for the final battle
Women encouraged by Princess Chichibu’s visit – Omaezaki Village, Shizuoka Prefecture
Women encouraged by Princess Chichibu’s visit – Sakuragi Village, Shizuoka Prefecture
Mothers! No need to worry when sending your daughters to the workplace
Impregnable security is the foundation for victorious production
Tension mounts on the global front on the eve of the autumn of the final battle
Alas, General Isoroku Yamamoto
The brave general during his time –We must follow in General Yamamoto’s footsteps
We will avenge the general – Battle spirit burns bright at production plant
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Issue No. 275 (June 9, 1943)

Young sea eagles renew their resolve – The Imperial Capital on Navy Day
Take to the skies – Youth of the Tsuchiura Navy Air Force call out to youth in the homeland
From student to sea eagles – Student pilot reserves of the Kasumigaura Air Force
A day for nationwide Yokuso members to pledge to the dawn light
38 years of training to fend off our nation’s foes – 38th Navy Day: Mimakigahara Grand Sports Festival (Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture)
Female students making dried vegetables for emergencies – Iwamura Girls High School Home Economics, Gifu Prefecture
Japanese ocean raft sails the Greater East Asia Sea
Local Malay seamen quick to complete their training
Chinese seamen training center in Hong Kong
Chinese build wooden ships – Hong Kong
Issue No. 276 (June 16, 1943)

State funeral for General Yamamoto
Honorable death on Attu Island
Let us all answer the call of these brave spirits
Grow potatoes – Uchihara Central Nursery, Ibaraki Prefecture
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Issue No. 277 (June 23, 1943)

Where Commander Yamazaki was trained – Nagoya Army Cadet Corps
Self-sufficient plowing even small parcels of land – Former business owners from the Imperial Capital become farmers on reclaimed land in Ibaraki Prefecture
All-out efforts of national schools to boost production – Fukiage Town, Saitama Prefecture
Even streetcar roads can be farms  Tokyo City
Defending the skies of Taiwan – Air watchmen on the continent
Farmer dojo on the equator – Serian, North Borneo
Good children of the South are full of energy – Japanese elementary school in Cebu, the Philippines
Issue No. 278 (June 30, 1943)

Affirming the victorious state of the Empire – The 82nd Special Imperial Diet
War power stemming from a single kimono
Don’t buy new
Make those stored away clothes the standard
Service anyone can do – Return your clothing tickets
Attending the Imperial Diet – The Ears of Greater East Asia: Burma, the Philippines, India
Zealous youth – Java farmer dojo
Japan-Philippines Children’s New Life School
A highland sanatorium in Baguio
Issue No. 279 (July 7, 1943)

Brighter and stronger than ever in Southeast Asia
A tin refinery in Penang
Female police officers patrol Manila
Ninomiya goes to Jakarta
See the improvement! – Essays and drawings of students at the Japanese school in Pegu, Burma
Persevering “on rations only” – Neighborhood association in Higashimachi, Honancho, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
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Issue No. 280 (July 14, 1943)

Bravely entering battle to win India’s independence – Indian National Army in Shonan
200 years of British plundering and bloody battles in India
The warring seas await you – Marine Day, July 20: Nanao Seamen Training Center
Training ship takes to the warring seas – Shintoku-maru
Chasing fish on the warring seas –Trawler’s work is a matter of life and death
Man and horse in weeding race – Horseback Tilling & Weeding Games in Tohoku
Communications Room
Issue No. 281 (July 21, 1943)

Prime Minister Tojo spends two weeks in the Southeast Asia
Return from Southeast Asia
Six states of Thailand now new territories
Strong advance of fighting Thailand – The 11th Siamese Revolution Day in Thailand
The wide expanse of farmland for greater production – Sumatra
Gift from military band to working native tribes – Kuching, North Borneo
Liberating science for youth in the South – Shonan Technical School
Exchange students from Southeast Asia – Tokyo
Issue No. 282 (July 28, 1943)

Bravely take to the sky – Emulate our young Prince Asaka
Final battle in the skies over the South Pacific
Fierce eagles set sights on driving enemy planes from the skies
Young pilots’ hearts soar to the warfront – Utsunomiya Army Air Academy
Our children fly willingly
Converted plants produce favorable results
No rest to those working the farms and factories
Military and academic studies bound by hard work – First High School Labor Patriot Squad cooperates with forces of the Army XXX
Issue No. 283 (August 4, 1943)

Enemy planes constantly looking to attack our land
Daily preparations – Water amount: Waiting area
When the air raid alert sounds – When enemy planes come
When an incendiary bomb falls
When a fire breaks out
When people are injured or die
What happens to our drinking water?
What happens to our food?
Issue No. 284 (August 11, 1943)

Together we fight   Together we build – New Burma rises
Neighborhood associations defend the Burmese skies
Supplying takuan (pickled daikon) locally – Burma XX Unit Self-support Research Lab
Chosen comrades serve to defend the nation
Strong homefront in Chosen
Working up a good sweat in Manchuria – Young women’s team of labor volunteers help to build Manchuria
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Issue No. 285 (August 18, 1943)

Minister of Commerce Kishi encourages mineworkers – Campaign to promote emergency production of important minerals
Metal mines hard at work – Kamioka Mine
Coal mines dig to win – Joban Coal Mine
Medical students fighting 200 feet underground
15,000 student farmhands help plow land – Hokkaido
Students working the lathes – Nishinoda Technical School, Osaka Prefecture
Petty officer and female students in maritime training
American and British women don’t have anything on us – Nihonbashi Girls High School, Tokyo
Harvested sasa seeds: 15,000 kan – Gifu Prefecture
Issue No. 286 (August 25, 1943)

The day of Burma gains independence from the enemy
Fighting for the independence of the motherland – Indians in Borneo rise up
Locals happily lend a hand with construction – Contribution of locals at the XX Base in Southeast Asia
Joint concessions in Shanghai returned
Turning skinnies into grade one soldiers – 1100 citizen training centers open nationwide
Piggies run the streetcars – Yokohama
Issue No. 287 (September 1, 1943)

Maintaining self-sufficient food supply – Students hard at work weeding for self-sufficient compost and feed
Halting foreign rice imports produces this much power
We need to produce this much more to halt foreign rice imports
New farms of business owners turned farmers bear fruit – Self-sufficient food production
Drawing Tenryu River water to 9000 hectares
Even future literary scholars: Live arms training in weaponry – Kyoto Technology & Science Museum
For the visually impaired – Braille Library
Lodging for bereaved families in Tokyo – Ichigaya Kaikan, Tokyo
Communications Room
Issue No. 288 (September 8, 1943)

Sincerely and steadfastly dedicating our lives to Commander Yamazaki and the unit
Prepare for intensified enemy retaliation
Destroy the China-based American Air Force that has its sights on the mainland
Put out the flames to stop the fire – Water dousing competition, Osaka
Making charcoal in the burning heat to prepare for winter – Students of Goshogawara School of Agriculture, Aomori Prefecture
Cooking rice together at neighborhood associations really helps
Groups of women making salt in the burning heat – Town, Fukuoka Prefecture
It’s ok to leave school young men  Better to join the frontlines for greater production – September 13 & 14, Parole Day
Issue No. 289 (September 15, 1943)

Final battle in the skies  Victory at all costs – September 20, Aviation Day
His Imperial Highness will show us the way – Rear Admiral Prince Kuni Asaakira
Determined to take to the sky – Army Major Prince Asaka Takahiko
Tokyo Army Youth Pilot Academy
Utsunomiya Army Flight Academy
Tokorozawa Army Air Maintenance Academy
Army Air Communications Academy
National film: Fly South O Beloved Plane – To the final battle in the skies
Issue No. 290 (September 22, 1943)

Dedicating his Imperial stature – Lieutenant Commander Count Hirohide Fushimi perishes gloriously on the battlefield in Southeast Asia
Severity of the conflict intensifies day by day – The front in New Guinea
Heavy industry capacity of Manchuria – Our reliable allies
Flood prevention projects make progress in Java
German school raises a Japanese flag – Java
Helmsman and engineers: All by ourselves – Amakusa Island, Kumamoto
This harvest, this fighting strength: Harvest already underway on early-ripening rice – Near Sawara, Chiba Prefecture
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Issue No. 291 (September 29, 1943)

Head off to the final battle in the skies – Firmly resolved to live and die together: Be brave and join the honorary student eagles
First group of student eagles enroll
Showing the world our pride  Three new army planes – Donryu, Shoki, and the New Command Reconnaissance Aircraft
Railroads are the weapons of victory – Do not waste our war strength on unnecessary travels
Enhance soldier support: People hoping to recover – Injured Soldiers Service Foundation Tomobe Farm: Koibuchi Village, Ibaraki Prefecture
Children of the South pay a visit to our warriors bearing fruit – Kuching, Borneo
Start by training your body – Tomigaya National School, Tokyo
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Issue No. 292 (October 6, 1943)

Everyone to your posts! – Women can do these jobs too
Women are better at these workplaces – 17 jobs men prohibited from working
Our enemy America has mobilized this many women
Excited about being called up – Youths of Taiwan
Sincerity of Taiwanese women in white
Takunan Farmer Soldier Training Center – Takao, Taiwan
Radar detector – The Science of New Weapons 1
Issue No. 293 (October 13, 1943)

On the eve of the Honorable Independence of the Philippines – Independence Committee President José Laurel and his group visit Japan
The day the Philippines decided on a constitution draft
Acquire skills to join a workplace – Women’s Machine Work Training Center, Tokyo
Warm care and facilities for working women – Katakura Paper XX Aircraft Plant
Warm Care and facilities for working women – Nippon Seiko XX Plant
Uncovering dormant resources: School miners mobilize – Underground Resource Development Seminar, Nagano Prefecture
Sound locator – The Science of New Weapons 2
Issue No. 294 (October 20, 1943)

Vows at the shrine upon going off to war – Yasukuni Shrine solemnly conducts its Special Fall Festival
Today you are now proud pilot reserve students
Student eagles start their training
Conscription postponement system discontinued – Students mobilized in preparation for the final battle
Hammering the resurrecting spirit into wings: Families of injured soldiers on the front – Special aircraft production plant, Fukuoka City
Women’s fight begins at the National Railroad
Male employees sent to the frontlines of the National Railroad Transport Team
Telephone – The Science of New Weapons 3
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Issue No. 295 (October 27, 1943)

Congratulations on their eternal vows – Prince Higashikuni Morihiro and Princess Shigeko
Glorious day of independence in the Philippines – October 14
Two years of efforts under military rule bear fruit – The incredible strength of children in remote villages: Sabangan, the Philippines
The Filipino economy becomes independent
Army youth tank soldier
Gratitude for new grain leads to greater production – Omiya Village, Yamagata Prefecture
Electric communication weapons – The Science of New Weapons 4
Issue No. 296 (November 3, 1943)

Determined resistance to the enemy’s counteroffensive
To the final battle on the sea: High honors of second lieutenant – Tokyo Nautical College
Go forward with this thrill in your heart – Party to send off mobilized students
Even women of good families work day and night – Female work force at the Furukawa Yoshima  Mines
Working women start by staying healthy – Nisshin Boseki Harisaki Plant
Thanks with manga – Thanks farmers for all you do
Communications Room
Issue No. 297 (November 10, 1943)

Everything to dash the enemy’s hopes – The 83rd Special Imperial Diet: Major project to build Greater East Asia continues
Gaining India for Indians: Formation of the Provisional Government of Free India – Shonan
Today we students become spirited defenders of the nation – Special physical examinations for conscripted students – Tokyo
Homes are also factories – Tokyo
Protect children from enemy planes – Air defense and infant psychology: Toshio Takeda
Storing Potatoes – Uchihara Training Center
Communications Room – Peace on a crowded train ride
Issue No. 298 (November 17, 1943)

Massing the fighting strength of one billion Asians: The Greater East Asia Conference – Greater East Asia Joint Declaration
One Asia: Combining our strengths
Passion burns – Venue of Greater East Asia National Assembly
Herein lies the fighting spirit of victorious Greater East Asia – The 14th Meiji Jingu National Training Festival
Realizing our nation’s founding ideals – Japan and China sign alliance treaty
Two million Indians in East Asia all rise in arms – Commander-in-Chief Bose inspects the Indian National Army
Harnessing the power of a family with many children – Honoring exemplary families
Entire nation dedicates sports performance – The 14th Meiji Jingu National Training Festival, November 3
Issue No. 299 (November 24, 1943)

Decisive air battles continue – First, second, third and fourth air battles over the coast of Bougainville Island
Responding to deeds in battle
Dignified, Commander-in-Chief Koga of the Grand Fleet
We must follow– Mie Navy Air Force
Go and send with the spirit of the Red Paper – Honor the wishes of the conscripted as they go off
Soldier spirit remains for life – Everyone training in Mizunami Town, Gifu Prefecture
A single grain of rice embodies the blessings of the gods and people
Sending off four thousand mobilized students from the University of Tokyo
Issue No. 300 (December 8, 1943)

Be strong and magnanimous, Greater East Asia
Grow strong, our children of East Asia
All Asians have taken up their weapons
We have an unlimited supply of treasure
The treasure chest has opened: Construction speeds right along
Manchuria, the armory of Greater East Asia
Enemy pilots: Up close and personal
Bringing together the one billion people of Greater East Asia
Changing our lifestyle to produce greater fighting strength
Winning the food war at all costs
Launching new ships unceasingly
One hundred million building planes together
Death returns His Imperial Majesty’s favor
Issue No. 301 (December 15, 1943)

Grand Fleet Commander-in-Chief Koga motivates troops on an aircraft carrier
Supply lines are the key to victory
Build ships for victory – Supply ships hold the key to victory
Unprecedented shipbuilding progress
Student soldiers enroll honorably
Manchuria, the armory of Greater East Asia
Prepare for major air raids – Are you ready to escape, to put out fires, and stock food?
From towns to the countryside, the gift of a traveling theater – Tokyo
National film: The Navy
Issue No. 302 (December 22, 1943)

Esteemed honor of being viewed by Their Imperial Majesties – The second documentary film on naval strategy in the Greater East Asia War
Attack and annihilate the enemy forces at Chongqing
Volunteer and become a female labor patriot
Working the frozen mud fields – Land improvement association and students work together
Live cheerfully and properly – National Crime Prevention Campaign in preparation for the final battle, Yamanashi Prefecture
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