To commemorate the fall of Singapore & the birth of greater Japan. This stamp was produced.
Japanese screened mostly documentaries and propaganda films to encourage the locals to adopt the Japanese culture & morals.
Chinese Ad for a Japanese Propaganda movie, c. 1943.
The leaflet above was dropped by the Japanese in both the Malay and Chinese languages. It addresses the Malayans as “brethren” and asks that they
British Military Administration card, 11860 kHz, 7.5 kW trasnmitter transferred by Japanese from Penang to Jurong.
Issued by the Japanese during their occupation of Malaya between 1942 and 1944. The front of this rare note features a tree bearing fruit, with
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