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(January 4, 1939)
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| New Year’s comes a second time to the front. |
| Spring on the vast continent |
| The dawn of a new China |
| A Japanese train in Jiangnan |
| A security guard diary |
| New Army airplane |
| Four cities ending in 京 connected by sky lanes |
| Fumimaro Konoe |
| Sado: A golden island |
| Unearthing resources in occupied lands |
| 1939 is the year of the Rabbit Mr. Bunny prepares for war, too |
| Eating in China: Two New Year’s dishes |
| A scented portrait |
| Foreign correspondence: Women are strong |
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(January 11, 1939)
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| Early spring in Beijing: A marketplace in Liulichang |
| Wuhan lullaby |
| Good-bye note of impression |
| Winter in Japan |
| Winter holiday diary of elementary school student |
| A traveling library in New York |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Photos from readers |
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(January 18, 1939)
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Receiving an imperial order
Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma |
| Standing on Badaling |
| Combat ships and battle tank corps of the Army |
| War hero Captain Nishizumi |
| Chinese girls learn about Japanese lifestyle |
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(January 25, 1939)
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| Charcoal dealer of the troop |
| The dark side of Shanghai |
| The bright side of Shanghai |
| On to the Southern Cross Ministry of Education training ship sets sail from the port of Tokyo. |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Ski, skate, and fall |
| Photos from readers |
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(February 1, 1939)
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| The Ministry of Railways |
| Inauguration ceremony of the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) |
| Returning from Spain |
| A day in the life of a security guard |
| Brains and brawn for our country |
| Photos from readers |
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(February 8, 1939)
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| Japanese Spirit Inspiration Week |
| Tanka people in Guangdong |
| Sakhalin in the snow |
| The speed of earthquakes |
| Mother and child |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(February 15, 1939)
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| Arrival of a peaceful spring |
| Scent of the Kuroshio Current as a souvenir |
| Construction of the Kanmon Tunnel makes progress |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(February 22, 1939)
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| A new world in Mikawa: A White Russian community |
Soldiers bandaged up during an artillery attack Field hospital
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| Young nurses that gave their lives on the battlefield |
| National dining Whale, sardine, and rabbit |
| Foreign correspondence: Wehrmacht snow maneuvers in the Alps |
| Photos from readers |
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(March 1, 1939)
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| Seventh anniversary of Manchukuo’s founding |
| Chinese girls cut through the wind. |
| Spring also comes to Taicang |
| Our troops and their strong arms and legs |
| A seasonal festival of white dresses and peaches |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(March 8, 1939)
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| A military drill in the snow |
| Shimada Unit, Takada Mountain Artillery |
| Shimada Unit |
| Tsutsui Unit, Shibata Infantry |
| Mountain hermit’s science diary |
| Japanese friendship Comfort supplies to Chile |
| Helping farmers who lost their harvests |
| Photos from readers |
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(March 15, 1939)
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| Chinese expatriate meeting on the building the New East Asia Order |
| The spring of East Asia development for Chinese expatriates |
| Reverberating sounds of construction in Jinan |
Helping brave warriors on the continent
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| Loving embrace of Japan Orphans from neighboring countries raised at the Hidenin Orphanage in Osaka. |
| Foreign correspondence: Coming dawn of a new Spain |
| A German parachute school |
| Photos from readers |
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(March 22, 1939)
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| Subjugating brigands in Manchukuo Three-year plan reaches its end |
| Landing exercise in the snow Elite unit of the Strategically Important Ominato Naval Station Office |
| Spring in Suzhou warms the waters. |
| Triumphant entry into Haizhou |
| Making iron with a cement-manufacturing machine |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Photos from readers |
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(March 29, 1939)
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| Flying over the snow |
| A diary of pure loyalty and sincere honesty A day in the life of a Preparatory Military School student |
| Crossing the Xiu River |
| Our spirit Our resolve |
| A glider in a snowy field |
| Redrawing the map: Germany annexes Czechoslovakia and Memel |
| Photos from readers |
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(April 5, 1939)
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| Training on the southern seas Training vessel from the National Institute of Sea Training (Ministry of Education) returns
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| Horse Day |
| Glorious sunshine also graces Hainan Island. |
| Photos from readers |
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(April 12, 1939)
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| Wartime transportation and locomotives |
| Spring in Megumi-ga-oka Tama National Reform School |
| Examining the legs of a salamander |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Photos from readers |
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(April 19, 1939)
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| From soil to oil and lathe |
| Protecting our northern interests |
| Riding the wind to Iran |
| Foreign correspondence: German National Defense Day |
| Photos from readers |
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(May 3, 1939)
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| Health in a prolonged struggle The Ministry of Health and Welfare |
| Fighting tuberculosis |
| Health Week Improving national nutrition |
| Youth schools await |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(May 10, 1939)
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| A break in the fighting |
| Young Japanese and Manchurians take oath to develop technical skills The Akita Japan-Manchuria Engineer Training Institute |
| Six new families to develop the continent |
| German air girls |
| National grace begins with the roads |
| Birth of science films |
| Foreign correspondence: Spring return to Madrid |
| Photos from readers |
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(May 17, 1939)
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| The Pacific is our sea: Celebrating Navy Day |
| A fine day in Jiangnan and early summer in Hangzhou |
| Gabelentz comes to Japan. |
| A railroad switch in the sky Tokyo Airport |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(May 24, 1939)
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| Ｆirst anniversary of the fall of Amoy |
| Leaf tobacco is also shipped overseas |
| Sacred torch crosses the Pacific |
| Illustrated Pacific Marches |
| National Central Mobilization Meeting for Asia Development |
| Dogs join the festivities |
| What’s next for Poland? |
| Photos from readers |
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(May 31, 1939)
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| Contemporary student life |
| Bombing continues |
| Inspection tour of a new broadcasting room |
| Trout-fishing in Nikko |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(June 7, 1939)
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| Celebrating Navy Day again during this sacred struggle |
| New Turkey rising |
| Shining brightly before the Prince Training institute of junior volunteer unit for the development Manchurian and Mongolian Development |
| The rainy season |
| Tides of war come to the workplace Female mechanics and male typists |
| Foreign correspondence: Soviet Air Force |
| Teaching urban kids about life in rural areas |
| Photos from readers |
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(June 14, 1939)
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| Entire nation saving 10 billion |
| The charm of consumption |
| The market of national policy |
| Clear and sunny skies on Mount Lu. |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(June 21, 1939)
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| Head Office of the South Manchuria Railway Company |
| Searching for the light of salvation |
| National gold census |
| Isolation of British and French settlements in Tianjin |
| Future Mothers School |
| Washing staple fiber |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(June 28, 1939)
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| Foreign settlements after one week of isolation Tianjin |
| Shining safety in the grand feat of Asian development: National Safety Week |
| Watch out for the train! |
| A living fossil: Japan’s unique Epiophlebia superstes (past dragonfly) |
| German Condor Legion fighting in Iberia. |
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(July 5, 1939)
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| Second anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War |
| New structures rising out of the battlefield rubble |
| Economic development making progress |
| Cotton spinning in Shanghai |
| Iron and coal |
| Power restored to Zhenru |
| Celebrating the second anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War |
| Railroad and bus lines extending out |
| Cultural revival |
| Review room |
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(July 12, 1939)
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| War to exterminate Soviet troops in Outer Mongolia |
| Mid-sized passenger plane TK3 Completion of plane prototype bythe Bureau of Aviation |
| Brides off to Manchuria and Mongolia |
| The Tokyo First House for military family orphans |
| A training ground at sea Aboard the Taisei-Maru |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(July 26, 1939)
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| Thoughts on Japan-Britain meeting in Tokyo |
| Fierce battle continues near the Khalkha River. |
| Captured soldiers turned out to be Soviets |
| Air Defense School |
| Summer letter from a German boy |
| Catching thunder |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(August 9, 1939)
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| Second anniversary of the Battle of Shanghai |
| A fighter to win foreign currency Hokkaido butter |
| Hapless swimmers learn to swim. |
| Mysterious Mars |
| Japanese doctors come to China |
| Foreign correspondence: Germans training outdoors in the summer |
| Photos from readers |
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(August 16, 1939)
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| Resolutely protecting our interests in the northern seas |
| Paying respects to our fathers at Kudan |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(August 23, 1939)
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| Busy skies fighting the spread of communism German airplane visits the imperial capital three times |
| Kicking the tide Squad’s water-crossing exercise on horseback |
| Thinking of wife and child in fall |
| Telling the husband about the harvest |
| Loose trouser troop in Northern Europe |
| Southern marine research team |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Potential signs of children’s dysentery? |
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(August 30, 1939)
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| Japanese main islands and Chosen stand united under the Rising-Sun flag |
| Heading to the continent in summer: Youth Patriotic Labor Unit for Asia Development |
| A white draft call paper |
| The Typhoon Defense Unit |
| Home first aid kit Burn |
| Photos from readers |
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(September 6, 1939)
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| Army Aviation Academy |
| Fish selling like hot cakes at the fishmongers’ in Shanghai. |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Home first aid kit What to do when bitten by a venomous snake |
| Photos from readers |
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(September 20, 1939)
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| Impregnable? The Siegfried Line |
| Foreign correspondence: War spreads |
| Military academy basks in His Imperial Majesty’s glory |
| Home first aid kit Electric shock! |
| Photos from readers |
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(September 27, 1939)
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| Relaxing hot springs Shirahama Hot Spring Sanatorium for Disabled Veterans |
| Hammers wielded by strong arms Osaka Vocational Guidance Office for Disabled Veterans |
| Look son, your mom’s a teacher Report on visit to Special Teacher Training Institute for Widows |
| Thank you, old man. |
| Brave warriors, all is well on the homefront Messages from your wives and daughters in a farming village |
| A great prayer Kojiro Serizawa |
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(October 4, 1939)
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| New operation carried out in Jiangnan. |
| The Spratly Islands |
| Japanese in California |
| Save gas |
| Foreign correspondence: Europe in crisis |
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(October 11, 1939)
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| Wings fluttering with sincerity |
| Foreign correspondence: Bloodshed in Europe |
| Young ladies also head to town |
| A flood drill along the Tonegawa River |
| Tobacco factory in Taiyuan starts operation |
| What to do when poisoned |
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(October 18, 1939)
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| Chestnut brown horses serving the country in autumn |
| Foreign correspondence: Smoldering Europe |
| Physical education march The power of iron |
| Marine police born on the Pearl River |
| Home first aid kit Removing foreign objects in your eyes and ears |
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(October 25, 1939)
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| Whole nation prepares for attack from above |
| Preparations against German planes |
| Ministry of Education Art Exhibition reflects current affairs |
| Air raid song |
| Military drill student unit on offensive and defensive maneuvers on land and sea Exercises to commemoration of the 15th anniversary of military drills |
| Children become soldiers for a day |
| Home first aid kit Avoiding motion sickness |
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(November 1, 1939)
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| Nippon-Go completes ambitious round-the-world voyage |
| A day to assuage the souls of the war dead |
| The law is also loving and caring The 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Court Organization Law |
| Japan and Manchuria stand together doing volunteer work at the holy site of Kashihara. |
| Foreign correspondence: Faces of Europe |
| Home first aid kit Colds can develop into all kinds of illnesses |
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(November 8, 1939)
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| Taking pride in our nation-building strength |
| Meiji Jingu National Sports Festival Song |
| Sun Yat-sen and the Imperial Army |
| His Imperial Majesty visits seven courthouses in Tokyo |
| Indian summer in Zhangjiakou |
| Foreign correspondence: Wartime fashion in Britain and France |
| Home first aid kit What to do if you breathe in poison gas |
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(November 15, 1939)
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Wings of the Japanese nation
Naming ceremony of naval aircraft presented |
| Military achievements of our wings over the sea |
| Foreign correspondence |
| The Imperial Army’s flag fluttering at the foot of Mt. Fuji in fall Large-scale drill of the Imperial Guard Division on November 8 |
| Do you pass? Standards for physical strength certification test |
Home first aid kit
A country free of tuberculosis is a strong country |
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(November 22, 1939)
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| “We’ve come back for you” Local report junior volunteer unit for the development of Manchuria and Mongolia |
| His Imperial Highness the prince, Chief of the General Staff , visits China |
| Northern Manchuria is the land of gold |
| Rice science |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Shantou is already back to normal. |
| Home first aid kit Don’t forget this when you go hiking |
| Photos from readers |
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(November 29, 1939)
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| Akita rice repays gratitude with rich harvest |
| Young women in the southern countries |
| “We’ve come back for you” sequel Youth Volunteer Army for Manchurian and Mongolian Development |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Home first aid kit Insomnia |
| Photos from readers |
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(December 6, 1939)
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| Japan spreads its wings to the south |
| Surprise landing operation near the northern seas |
| Asia Development Theater Company begins performing in Nanking Far Eastern Theater Company |
| Foreign correspondence: German women protecting the homefront in Europe |
| Where does that bonus go? |
| Home Resources Collection Bureau |
| Douglas DC4 model |
| Home first aid kit Frostbite |
| Photos from readers |
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(December 13, 1939)
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| Grateful sweat: A square of beautification |
| Fire fighting squad in Guangdong |
| Camel market in Tripoli |
| Japan’s international air transport routes |
| Cooking great food for the troops Training field cooks |
| Home first aid kit Hiccups |
| Foreign correspondence |
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(December 20, 1939)
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| Longhai Railway now fully open |
| War in Europe as seen in Shanghai |
| Patriotic unit snares rabbits |
| Balancing the books for an economic war |
| Third year ends with National Spiritual Mobilization Campaign |
| Tale of machines and torpedoes |
| Home first aid kit |
| Foreign correspondence |
| Photos from readers |
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(December 27, 1939)
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| Spring on the battlefront |
| Special Naval Landing Forces in Shanghai |
| Soldier making battledores |
| Department store on rails, Train to Ailu |
| New military academy established in China |
| Tough spring in northeastern Chosen |
| Takachiho, Miyazaki, and Mimitsu-no-hama |
| Sound of writing in the field |
| Sailors receive comfort bags in the United States |
| Oranges are also seasonal export items |
| Celebrating New Year’s Day |
| This is the year |
| Young man in cellophane and pliofilm |
| Photos from readers |
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