SUB-SERIES FORM
Sub-series title: | Chûgoku Newspaper |
Title (romaji) | Chûgoku 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: | Chûgoku Shinbun |
Sub-series qualities | |
Quantity: | Approx. 780 items |
Access: | Open |
Sub-series type: | Published |
Sub-series content | |
Creation date range (year): | 1945 to 1956 |
Conflict code: | Japan (1945-1957), Korean War (1950-1953) |
Keywords: | NEWSPAPERS, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN KOREA, OCCUPATION, ACCIDENTS, ASSET REPOSSESSION, ASSET REQUISITION, ASSOCIATIONS, BOOKS, BUSINESS |
Australian unit names: | |
Allied unit names: | BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN KOREA |
Japanese unit names: | |
Languages: | Japanese |
Area: | Kure [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Hiroshima Prefecture] Hiroshima Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
Content: | This sub-series consists of articles from the Chûgoku Newspaper, a local newspaper circulated in Hiroshima and neighbouring prefectures. Matters discussed include the occupation of the Hiroshima area by BCOF, the involvement of BCOF(BCFK) in the Korean War, the withdrawal of the Allied occupation forces, the return of requisitioned properties, the relationship between the occupation forces and Kure citizens, war brides and mixed-blood children, unemployment issues related to the reduction and withdrawal of the occupation forces, crimes committed by BCOF soldiers, etc. |
Other information | |
Notes: | These records have been made available through the kind assistance of Associate Professor CHIDA Takeshi, formerly of the Kure Municipal History Office. |
Last modified: | 05/05/2000 02:47:11 PM |
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