Timeline - A Window into the Early Showa Period




			Japan began stationing troops in northern French Indochina on September 27, 1940.

			Document 1 is issue No. 136 of Shashin Shuho, which was published on October 2, 1940. It covers the stationing of Japanese forces in northern French Indochina. Document 1 : A06031073100　Shashin Shuho (Weekly Photographical Journal) No. 136 For additional documents and commentary about the occupation of northern French Indochina, see the following website. (Note: Only part of this exhibition is available in English. The following link is in Japanese.) *Special Internet exhibition The US-Japan War Talks as seen in official documents: Detailed Chronology Japanese forces advance into northern French Indochina on September 23, 1940 http://www.jacar.go.jp/nichibei/popup/pop_02.html