- Document 1 is issue No. 38 of Shashin Shuho, which was published on November 2, 1938. This issue covers the capture of Hankou by Japanese forces.
- Document 2 is issue No. 107 of Shuho, which was published on November 2, 1938. It also covers the capture of Hankou by the Japanese Army. You can see the locations of the three Wuhan cities in the article by the Intelligence Department of the Army Ministry entitled “Three Wuhan cities finally fall” featured in the issue (see the thirty-first image).
- Document 3 is issue No. 39 of Shashin Shuho, which was published on November 9, 1938. It covers the occupation of Wuhan by Japanese forces. The issue also introduces various events held in Japan in response to reports about Japanese forces taking Wuhan.
- Document 4 is entitled “Report on the political attack of Wuhan,” which was communicated between the Army Ministry and the “I Group (Central China Expeditionary Army).” This report states that the Army Ministry approved the local forces’ request for sanction (see the fourth to sixth images) for the press policy on the seizure of Wuhan, and indicates that events in Japan would be held after the censored domestic announcement from the Army and Navy Divisions of the Imperial Headquarters.
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