1937 Ad for a Vinyl Record of Prime Minister Konoe’s Speech

“The Resolve of the Nation’s People in This Time of Crisis”

The China Incident in Shanghai (1937) The Outbreak of the China Incident (1937)

Buying War Bonds at the Post Office (1938) “China Incident” War Bonds

China Incident Sugoroku Board Game

Prime Minister Konoe Commemorating the 50^th Anniversary of the Constitution in the House of Peers (1938)

National Foundation Day (1937) 2600^th Anniversary of the Empire’s Founding (1941)

Ceremonies for the Founding of the New Asian Order in Beijing (1938)

Religious Oath before a Polling Site in the 1942 Elections

“Vow: With reverence I vow to the Deities that I will call to mind

the Loyalty of the Heroic Spirits of the Deceased who died admirably for the Nation

so as to establish the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere as I offer my sacred vote.”

Rally for the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere

The Greater East Asia Conference in Tokyo (November 1943):

Ba Maw of Burma, Zhang Zhunghui of Manchukuo, Wang Jingwei of the Republic of China, Tojo Hideki of Japan, Wan Waithayakon of Thailand, Jose Paciano Laurel of the Philippines, and Rash Behari Bose of India

Prime Minister Yonai Mitsumasa and his Cabinet on

a Pilgrimage to Ise Shrine (1940), with Arita Hachiro second from the left

Konoe Fumimaro at Meiji Shrine in 1940 Kazami Akira at Koyasan Monastery in 1941

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