i’m sure this topic has been discussed before but i cannot seem to find it in the database...it might have been touched on extensively in the old sbf though…anyway no harm to consolidate under 1 thread i think…just treat it a dry run for the upcoming elections hehe
a google search on kempeitai and domei came up with some interesting posts. while some information are factual, some are highly opinionated and reflect the views and sentiments of certain individuals. while i share the sentiments expressed, i cannot take credit for the thoughts which are expressed so succinctly. i would also like to apologise to the individuals whose views are consolidated in this thread for taking liberty with their ideas, ie cut & paste, and doing a poor job.
on working for domei:
tokyo rose
between visits from the KEMPEITAI, toguri found part-time work with the DOMEI news agency, monitoring the airwaves for american movements in the pacific for 110 yen per month, or about $5. in june 1943, she also began working as a typist for radio tokyo at nhk's american division of the overseas bureau. however, her duties soon required much more of toguri. radio tokyo was responsible for english-language radio broadcasts in the pacific, which included ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA
LKY
during the occupation, he served as a stenographer and translator for DOMEI, a japanese news agency until the japanese surrendered in september 1945. he was able to COLLABORATE as a TRANSCRIBER of ALLIED WIRE REPORTS for the japanese, as well as being the english-language EDITOR on the japanese hodobu (報道部 — an information or PROPAGANDA department)
Nathan
nathan worked for the japanese civilian police as a translator. through the gift of an english-japanese dictionary, he gained an understanding of the japanese language which landed him the position of TRANSLATOR, then INTERPRETER and finally a post linked to a TOP OFFICIAL in the JAPANESE civilian POLICE
the 84-year-old head of state told how a japanese military officer, during japan's occupation of singapore in the 1940s, saw the POTENTIAL in him.his teachers then had seen in him only an unkempt boy. but the officer told him he was a bright child and suggested he learn japanese
a google search on kempeitai and domei came up with some interesting posts. while some information are factual, some are highly opinionated and reflect the views and sentiments of certain individuals. while i share the sentiments expressed, i cannot take credit for the thoughts which are expressed so succinctly. i would also like to apologise to the individuals whose views are consolidated in this thread for taking liberty with their ideas, ie cut & paste, and doing a poor job.
on working for domei:
tokyo rose
between visits from the KEMPEITAI, toguri found part-time work with the DOMEI news agency, monitoring the airwaves for american movements in the pacific for 110 yen per month, or about $5. in june 1943, she also began working as a typist for radio tokyo at nhk's american division of the overseas bureau. however, her duties soon required much more of toguri. radio tokyo was responsible for english-language radio broadcasts in the pacific, which included ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA
LKY
during the occupation, he served as a stenographer and translator for DOMEI, a japanese news agency until the japanese surrendered in september 1945. he was able to COLLABORATE as a TRANSCRIBER of ALLIED WIRE REPORTS for the japanese, as well as being the english-language EDITOR on the japanese hodobu (報道部 — an information or PROPAGANDA department)
Nathan
nathan worked for the japanese civilian police as a translator. through the gift of an english-japanese dictionary, he gained an understanding of the japanese language which landed him the position of TRANSLATOR, then INTERPRETER and finally a post linked to a TOP OFFICIAL in the JAPANESE civilian POLICE
the 84-year-old head of state told how a japanese military officer, during japan's occupation of singapore in the 1940s, saw the POTENTIAL in him.his teachers then had seen in him only an unkempt boy. but the officer told him he was a bright child and suggested he learn japanese