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          (February 16, 1938)
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           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! | 
           
          
           | The Five-Color Flag of China flying proudly | 
           
          
           | Don’t make it your enemy | 
           
          
           | Meet the Ministry of Health and Welfare | 
           
          
           | From the battlefield to back home: Happy newsletter from the front | 
           
          
           | The world is turning | 
           
          
           | Ideology war exhibition | 
           
          
           | A patriotic march in town | 
           
          
           | Structure of the Cabinet Intelligence Department                 Thoughts on first issue of Shashin Shuho | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (February 23, 1938)
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           | The warm land of our country | 
           
          
           | The Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) | 
           
          
           | Fascio Balilla | 
           
          
           | Ideology war exhibition | 
           
          
           | Coherence in Imperial Diet in the face of the Incident | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! | 
           
          
           | A story of bombing | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (March 2, 1938)
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           | Aviation shines brightly on new stamps | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! | 
           
          
           | Sixth anniversary of Manchukuo’s founding | 
           
          
           | A red village resurrected: Toyosumi Village, Chiba | 
           
          
           National policy on raw materials 
Endure: Transforming staple fibers into textiles | 
           
          
           | Battle deeds long remembered: Oguchi’s glorious Mitsubishi G3M | 
           
          
           | Shi-Kong | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (March 9, 1938)
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           | War history of the Imperial Army | 
           
          
           | Rearing to go! A first-year soldier in the face of the Incident | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
          
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          (March 19, 1938)
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           | Strong wings create a strong country | 
           
          
           | Aviation Japan and the Bureau of Aviation | 
           
          
           | Longing to fly the blue skies | 
           
          
           | Devastating effect of bombing on Nanking | 
           
          
           | Literary war photo exhibition | 
           
          
           | Battle deeds long remembered: Oguchi’s glorious Mitsubishi G3M | 
           
          
           | Preparations for the Japan Expo moving right along | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
           (March 23, 1938)
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           | Young Asia learns from Japan. | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! | 
           
          
           | Battle on the radio waves | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
           | Literary war photography exhibition | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (March 30, 1938)
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           | The entire world under one roof: Kashihara Shrine | 
           
          
           | Yellow River or bust! | 
           
          
           | Welcoming a Fascist friendship mission to Japan: The face of Japan’s ally Italy | 
           
          
           | National Development Corps: Rising up at the birthplace of the nation | 
           
          
           | Library Day | 
           
          
           | Arbor Day | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
           (April 6, 1938)
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           | Preparations for the Tokyo Olympics moving right along | 
           
          
           | Railroad tasks force advances towards Jiangnan. | 
           
          
           | Horses are tools of war. Train them and run them. | 
           
          
           | Agricultural Association Day: April 11 | 
           
          
           | The Father of the Homefront, a post office life insurance cultural movie | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (April 13, 1938)
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           | Fishery Japan | 
           
          
           | Protect and lead our young, the nation’s second class of citizens | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
          
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           (April 20, 1938)
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           | The war dead forever sleep under the cherry trees. | 
           
          
           | Hearing the enemy’s heartbeat in the Xuzhou theater | 
           
          
           | Tracing the history of communications: Post and Communications Day , April 20 | 
           
          
           | Strengthening the Kuroshio Current, the nation’s second line of defense (Tokyo Nautical College)
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           | Observing public morals: An easy obligation | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! Kanagawa Prefecture | 
           
          
           | Preparations for the 2600th anniversary moving right along | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
           (April 27, 1938)
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           | An Italian mission | 
           
          
           | Hearing the enemy’s heartbeat in the Xuzhou theater | 
           
          
           | Self-defense corps in suburban Beijing | 
           
          
           | Prevention of Cruelty to Children Week | 
           
          
           | Engineers’ technological gift to the nation | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! Kanagawa Prefecture | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (May 4, 1938)
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           | Answering the call of the spirits of the war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine Festival | 
           
          
           Go forth young man! Build continental Japan! The Nichirin Barracks   
Young immigrants to Manchuria | 
           
          
           | Immigrant bride school | 
           
          
           | A drop of gasoline is a drop of blood.  | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (May 11, 1938)
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           | Health comes first. Health Week for National Spiritual Mobilization | 
           
          
           | Imperial radiance: A military parade at the Tencho Festival (the Emperor’s Birthday) during the Incident | 
           
          
           | Beautiful hands fighting: Close-up of working women during the Incident | 
           
          
           | Sprouting blossoms of peace | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! Kanagawa Prefecture | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (May 18, 1938)
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           | Young men make ties with our ally: Japan Juvenile Association’s mission to Germany | 
           
          
           | The Metropolitan Police Department protecting the Imperial capital during the Incident. | 
           
          
           | Dogs are also soldiers. | 
           
          
           | Save a lump of coal, save fuel. | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! Kanagawa Prefecture | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (May 25, 1938)
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           | Naval battle between Japan and Russia | 
           
          
           | Young eagles spread their wings: The Kasumigaura Navy Air Service develop death-defying fighting skills | 
           
          
           | Tough and strong! Our land combat corps: The Yokosuka Navy Gunnery School  on maneuvers | 
           
          
           | New commander aboard the armored cruiser Izumo | 
           
          
           | U.S. and British naval forces cruising the high seas | 
           
          
           | A training squadron during the Incident | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (June 1, 1938)
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           | Xuzhou falls | 
           
          
           | A medal’s tale | 
           
          
           | Time Day  | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
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          (June 8, 1938)
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           | White dresses shining under the red cross | 
           
          
           | From shipping off to the front to the return home | 
           
          
           | The mothers of wounded soldiers at an Army hospital | 
           
          
           | Growth of the Nursing Department  of the Japanese Red Cross Hospital. | 
           
          
           | The Great Imperial Japan Young Men’s Mission to Germany | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (June 15, 1938)
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           | Saving money is patriotic | 
           
          
           | Join the money-saving effort. | 
           
          
           | Two-way path to the rise and fall of a nation | 
           
          
           | Visiting a model money-saving village | 
           
          
           | The field operations headquarters of the money-saving effort: The Nippon Kangyo Bank, Limited. | 
           
          
           | Making gold coins: A story of gold coins—the Mint Bureau | 
           
          
           | Over the sea (foreign correspondence) | 
           
          
           | Japan on the homefront! Behold the might of the homefront! | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (June 22, 1938)
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           | Building up the homefront: Close-up of a fishing village | 
           
          
           | Southern base: The Ministry of Colonial Affairs in Taiwan and the Government-General of Formosa | 
           
          
           | National Safety Week from July 1 to 7: The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry | 
           
          
           | Battle forces also present at Kosuge Prison. | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
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          (June 29, 1938)
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           | Inner Mongolia defense line to stop the Communist advance | 
           
          
           | The Monopoly Bureau where alcohol is mixed with gasoline | 
           
          
           | Building up the homefront: Close-up of a mountainous village | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
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          (July 6, 1938)
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           | The first anniversary of the China Incident | 
           
          
           | A tumultuous year: Shutting off the traffic routes of Chinese ships | 
           
          
           | Kuomintang-Communist collaboration and anti-Japanese  sentiment sparked the Incident | 
           
          
           | Chinese soldiers eager to become Japanese prisoners | 
           
          
           | Beijing women’s pacification unit | 
           
          
           | Cheerful progress of development in Tungchow | 
           
          
           | The cradle of a new China | 
           
          
           | Eating a side dish with thoughts on the front on July 7. Everyone sending support supplies without the empty formalities | 
           
          
           | July 7: One item per household. Even a broken nail can be used as a weapon. | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
           (July 13, 1938)
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           | Throw away the white gowns  Vocational guidance for wounded soldiers | 
           
          
           | Volunteers laboring in the hard rain  Chiba Clinic for Disabled Veterans | 
           
          
           | Establishment of a volunteer system in Chosen: The Gyeongseong Army Volunteer Training Camp | 
           
          
           | Training squadron returns during the Incident | 
           
          
           | Patriotic pictures selected for an exhibition | 
           
          
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          (July 20, 1938)
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           | The Red Russia storm | 
           
          
           | Current state of the Far East Red Army | 
           
          
           | Notes of General Lyushkov’s defection from the Soviet Union | 
           
          
           | Completion of repair work on the iron bridge over the Yellow River | 
           
          
           | Economic warfare around the town | 
           
          
           | An inspection visit to a munitions factory  An Army clothing factory | 
           
          
           | Recycle and reuse waste: Even old newspapers can be reused to make felt sandals. | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (July 27, 1938)
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           | A forward base | 
           
          
           | Justice and mercy reflected in muddy waters     District on the northern banks of the Yangtze | 
           
          
           | Training in the summer on the homefront: National physical and mental training movement | 
           
          
           | Radio gymnastics across the entire nation | 
           
          
           | The hoe of service wielded on the sacred ground of nation-building | 
           
          
           | An inspection visit to a munitions factory: An Army provisions depot | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (August 3, 1938)
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           | Giving to students: Minister of Education Sadao Araki | 
           
          
           | Clear skies in the mountains  Anti-communist Mt. Fuji Alpine Corps | 
           
          
           | Friendly exchange of volunteer labor between Japanese and German students | 
           
          
           | Swimming in the Japanese seas: The Miho Insurance House of the International Students Institute | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
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          (August 10, 1938)
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           | Reflecting back on last year’s naval operations: An address to the nation  Naval Minister Mitsumasa Yonai | 
           
          
           | Small skies on the continent: Reflecting back on the Nanking air raids | 
           
          
           | Fall of Jiujiang | 
           
          
           | Cheerful faces come back to Shanghai | 
           
          
           | Cheerful faces come back to Nanjing | 
           
          
           | Young men’s hike  The foot of Hokkaido Koma-ga-take | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (August 17, 1938)
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           | Building up the homefront: Close-up of a farming village | 
           
          
           Braving stormy weather on August 7  
Long-distance group swimming race  
10-kilometer stretch between Hatsushima and Atami | 
           
          
           | Summer medical examination service by Tokyo Women’s Medical School students | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
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          (August 24, 1938)
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           | Current affairs and maritime transportation  Minister of Communications Ryutaro Nagai | 
           
          
           | Our country’s maritime transportation  The great work of our Merchant Marine Corps | 
           
          
           | Ship-building Japan | 
           
          
           | Radiant watching party | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (August 31, 1938)
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           | Home Minister Nobumasa Suetsugu | 
           
          
           | Air defense handbook  | 
           
          
           | The different types of blackout | 
           
          
           | Know what to do if air raid strikes while you’re on the street | 
           
          
           | In the park or field | 
           
          
           | At home | 
           
          
           | A gas bomb explodes! | 
           
          
           | Fire prevention exercise to cope with incendiary bombs | 
           
          
           | A list of air defense kits | 
           
          
           | Visit of the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) mission | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (September 7, 1938)
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           | Shots of occupied territory | 
           
          
           | Beijing mobilizing spirit of the entire nation | 
           
          
           | Oldtimers of Japan | 
           
          
           | Supplying weapons to Hankou | 
           
          
           | Getting back to the Japanese spirit   Converts on the homefront | 
           
          
           | Utilizing all waste, from rags to celluloid | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (September 14, 1938)
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           | A huge step towards the development of Manchuria | 
           
          
           | Building Xinjing | 
           
          
           | The newly equipped Manchukuo military | 
           
          
           | Daido (Datong) Academy | 
           
          
           | Young men from five races who will shape the future | 
           
          
           | Developing continental Japan | 
           
          
           | The second year of the five-year industrial plan | 
           
          
           | Illustrated National Song Book 1: A Mother’s Song | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (September 21, 1938)
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           | Progress of the Hankou Operations  Map of fighting in the mid-China theater (as of September 15) | 
           
          
           | Shops Act will go into effect on October 1. | 
           
          
           | Illustrated National Song Book 2: New Railroad Song | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (September 28, 1938)
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           | Home Front Support Enhancement Week from October 5 to 11 | 
           
          
           | Many heartfelt visits to the front bring cheer to the troops | 
           
          
           | Protecting our honorable homes | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Illustrated National Song Book 3: Morning | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (October 5, 1938)
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           | The 14th Japan Union Young Men’s Association Competition | 
           
          
           | Young Germany: Female and young male instructors in training | 
           
          
           | Motor training | 
           
          
           | Maritime training | 
           
          
           | Getting a splash of dancing bonitoes | 
           
          
           | Children’s town association | 
           
          
           | Illustrated National Song Book 4: Rafting | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (October 12, 1938)
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           | 120 kilometers to Hankou | 
           
          
           | So long Chiang Kai-Shek! | 
           
          
           | On the site sale and exchange of unwanted items | 
           
          
           | Illustrated National Song Book 5: Home | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (October 19, 1938)
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           | 100 kilometers to Hankou | 
           
          
           | Fighting military horse | 
           
          
           | Sending new rice to the front | 
           
          
           | Japan’s struggle and the might of the homefront! | 
           
          
           | Completion of the Luftschiff Zeppelin 130 | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (October 26, 1938)
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           | The Yasukuni Shrine Special Grand Festival | 
           
          
           | Great landing at Bias Bay | 
           
          
           | Glory for battleship flag | 
           
          
           | Young aviation soldiers of the Army | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
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          (November 2, 1938)
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           | The day we enter Hankou | 
           
          
           | The battle to capture Guangdong and Hankou | 
           
          
           | National Spiritual Promotion Week   November 7 to 13 | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
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           (November 9, 1938)
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           | The day Wuhan fell | 
           
          
           | Full of sincerity | 
           
          
           | A wave of flags | 
           
          
           | A sea of light | 
           
          
           | New progress in the sacred war  The fall of Hankou | 
           
          
           | Fall of Guangdong | 
           
          
           | The Pearl River Upstream Corps  | 
           
          
           | A battle flag fluttering on the deck of the armored cruiser Izumo. | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (November 16, 1938)
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           | A pike relay to pray for victory | 
           
          
           | Grand national parade to commemorate the first anniversary of the Anti-Comintern Pact between Japan, Germany, and Italy | 
           
          
           | The pedal of rebirth driven by a single leg | 
           
          
           | Paying respects to the late Meiji Emperor in Hankou | 
           
          
           | Giving up days off    Report on the enforcement of the Shops Act | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (November 23, 1938)
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           | The Yangtze River Transportation Corps | 
           
          
           | Shadow of the Buddhist light and the light of peace | 
           
          
           Taiwanese native communities at dawn             
Government-General of Formosa | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
          
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          (November 30, 1938)
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           The remnants of the anti-Japanese campaign    
An abandoned Japanese settlement in Hankou | 
           
          
           | Completion of new building at the Imperial Household Museum | 
           
          
           | Spread of fires caused by fireballs can be prevented  Tokyo Osaka | 
           
          
           | Osaka Civil Athletic Meeting | 
           
          
           | Shichi-go-san (7-5-3) album | 
           
          
           | Over the sea: German Army Orphanage | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (December 7, 1938)
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           | Flight engineers  learn their trade | 
           
          
           | German aircraft sets new record in Japan. | 
           
          
           | German school in Omori, Tokyo | 
           
          
           | Italian theological school in Setagaya, Tokyo | 
           
          
           | Supply lines in the sky | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (December 14, 1938)
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           | Cold wintry blasts sweep across the front | 
           
          
           | Soldiers shed a tear. | 
           
          
           | Hankou and water | 
           
          
           | Economic War Special Emphasis Week  | 
           
          
           | Reuse discarded items. | 
           
          
           | German substitute items | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
      
        
         
           
          
           
          (December 21, 1938)
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           | Military postal service | 
           
          
           | The Manchuria Railway  Railway protection movement | 
           
          
           | The Traffic Project Adjustment Law  | 
           
          
           | War and food | 
           
          
           | A letter from Shanghai | 
           
          
           | Over the sea | 
           
          
           | Photos from readers | 
           
       
      
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