Title
Book titled ‘Singapore Assignment’
Creator
Year/Period
1943
Region
Japan and Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: H21 x W15 x D1cm
Accession No.
2007-55249
Collection of
This is the first edition of a book titled ‘Singapore Assignment’ published in Tokyo by The Nippon Times. It gives a rare first-hand Japanese account in English of the beginnings of the war with Britain in Southeast Asia. The author was an American-educated Japanese journalist who worked with the Singapore Herald from 1939 to 1942 and was editor of the Syonan Shimbun during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore (1942-1945).
