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Newspapers-Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)-1942 to 1945

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 5 months ago

NLB (National Library Board)

This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.

These materials present a valuable resource on Singapore’s history, art and culture, digitised as part of an endeavour to preserve and provide better access to resources located within the library to enable users to explore and discover these resources.

For enquiries, please email ref@nlb.gov.sg

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NewspapersShonanTimesSyonanShimbun1942to1945.csv (37.4K rows, 16.8 MB)

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Edition
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syonantimes19420911-10.2%
syonantimes19420906-10.2%
syonantimes19421028-10.2%
syonantimes19421115-10.2%
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11 September 19420.2%
6 September 19420.2%
28 October 19420.2%
15 November 19420.2%
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1100.0%
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syonantimes19430812-1.1.20.1%
syonantimes19430806-1.1.10.1%
syonantimes19431225-1.1.20.1%
syonantimes19430817-1.1.10.1%
(Null)0.0%
144.1%
239.4%
36.1%
48.6%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)<0.1%
(Null)98.4%
Syonan Shimbun0.1%
' Sakura0.1%
SYONAN SHIMBUN<0.1%
CHARLES NELL<0.1%
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.1MastheadTHE SHONAN TIMES Ho. 1. FEBRUARY 20, SHOW A 17. 5 cents.NA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.2JAPAN'S POSITION IMPREGNABLE Effect Of Fall Of SingaporeJAPAN'S POSITION IMPREGNABLE Effect Of Fall Of Singapore Gen. Shunroku Hata Issues Verbal Statement GEN. Shunroku Hata, CoMminder-in-Chief, Japanese Forces in China, in a verbal state ment at 3.30 pjn. Wednesday, said that with the fall of Sin? apore, Japan is now strongly established in an impregnable position to conductNA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.3"British Reverses In Malaya"British Reverses In Malaya Political Blunder In Colonies Stockholm. THE series of British reverses in I Malaya is due to a Britisii political blunder in her coloni*J, comments the London Times Wednesday The Times declares that th* British Government listened only to the opinions oi Britishers in Malaya, and theNA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.4British Aircraft Carrier DamagedBritish Aircraft Carrier Damaged Lisbon. A BRITISH aircraft carrier limped into the Gulf 0 o«*aWg for repairs yesterday, according to information received here. Five ships have been torpefloea by Axis submarines in the Dutch West Indies, says a report from London on Wednesday.NA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.5AMERICANS' DARK DAYSAMERICANS' DARK DAYS Buenos Aires. Senator Tom Connolly, chairman of the Senate Foreign me aiatio°ns Committee .told the Uoner House that the Americans were having dark days in East Asia, and warned that there were still darker days ahead. He asked the nations to be prepared to meet hardships, addingNA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.6BATAVIA APPEALS TO AUSTRALIABATAVIA APPEALS TO AUSTRALIA Berne, Switzerland. iiTITH the Japanese attack on Tv the Dutch East Indies increasing from the land, sea and air, Batavia has appealed to Australia for immediate aid, a United Press dlspatcn from Sydney reveals. The Australian Parliament was to-day summoned to discuss ways and means toNA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.7REDS SMASHED BY GERMANSREDS SMASHED BY GERMANS Berlin. AS_a result of the thrust by German forces ,n the central sector of the Eastern Front, another powerful corps oi the Red forces has been smashed wltn heavy losses. The Germans captured many prisoners and mucn war materials.NA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.8Australia Further IsolatedAustralia Further Isolated Saigon. AUSTRALIA will be further isolated from the United States. Canberra announced to-day the suspension of radio telephone service with these countries with effect from Feb. 2L The Department of the Post Master-General says that the step has been decided upon by the War Cabinet for reasonsNA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.9Enemy Destroyer Sunk YesterdayEnemy Destroyer Sunk Yesterday A FEW enemy destroyers were sighted to the south of Shonan Island. One was sunk while a second received several hits. Two enemy transports were also sighted, of which one was sunk. Meanwhile, it is reported that Japanese airmen accounted for 32 enemy planes over JavaNA
Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)syonantimes19420220-120 February 19421syonantimes19420220-1.1.11syonantimes19420220-1.2.10ENEMY HANGARS DESTROYEDENEMY HANGARS DESTROYED Vichy. THE United States War Department disclosed that the air attack on American positions in the Bataan Peninsula was gaining in ferocity. From the Bataan front, it is reported that despite a furious barrage of the enemy's anti-air-craft guns, Japanese dive bombers swooped down and seriously damagedNA

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Newspaper titlenewspaper_titleText-Title of newspaper
Issue idissue_idText-Issue ID
Issue dateissue_dateText-Issue date
EditioneditionText-Edition
Page idpage_idText-Page ID
Page numberpage_numberText-Page number
Article idarticle_idText-Article ID
Article titlearticle_titleText-Title of article
Article text 1st50wordsarticle_text_1st50wordsText-First 50 words of the article text
ContributorcontributorText-Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bc1c53268697009babf3918cd37771b7"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Library Board. (2022). Newspapers-Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)-1942 to 1945 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bc1c53268697009babf3918cd37771b7/view

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Created on

26 Sep 2022

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