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Sub-series title: Asahi Newspaper articles
Title (romaji)Asahi Shinbun
Title (kanji)
AJRP details
AJRP module: Kure Municipal History Office
AJRP series: BCOF related newspaper articles
Location details
Institution: Kure Municipal History Office
Institution series: Kure shishi hensanshitsu zô senryôgun kanren shinbun kiji
Institution sub-series: Asahi Shinbun
Sub-series qualities
Quantity: 177 items
Access: Open
Sub-series type: Published
Sub-series content
Creation date range (year): 1946 to 1965
Conflict code: Japan (1945-1957), Post-war (related to WW2), Korean War (1950-1953)
Keywords:NEWSPAPERS, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN KOREA, OCCUPATION, EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, WAR BRIDES, MARRIAGE, MIGRATION, CRIME
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names: BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN KOREA
Japanese unit names:
Languages: Japanese
Area:Hiroshima Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû]
Kure [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Hiroshima Prefecture]
Content: This sub-series consists of articles from the Asahi Newspaper, a major national newspaper in Japan. Matters discussed in the articles include the advancement and withdrawal of the Allied occupation forces, the involvement of BCOF in the Korean War, the relationship between the occupation forces and Kure citizens, projects relating to water supply for the occupation forces, unemployment issues related to the reduction and withdrawal of the occupation forces, the evolution of labour unionism, etc.
Other information
Notes: These records were made available through the kind assistance of Associate Professor CHIDA Takeshi, formerly of the Kure Municipal History Office.
Last modified:05/05/2000 11:59:33 AM



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