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Life During the Japanese Occupation

Life During the Japanese Occupation. Done by: Jeanon Goh 1P309 Edwin Lim 1P306 Tan Choon Han 1P323. The Kempeitai Resources Banana Money Food Quality and Availability. Topics. Also known as the “Japanese Military Secret Police”.

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Life During the Japanese Occupation

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  1. Life During the Japanese Occupation Done by: Jeanon Goh 1P309 Edwin Lim 1P306 Tan Choon Han 1P323

  2. The Kempeitai • Resources • Banana Money • Food Quality and Availability Topics

  3. Also known as the “Japanese Military Secret Police”. • Committed numerous atrocities against the common people. • Introduced the system of “Sook Ching” • (purge through purification). • This was to rid of the ones that were deemed as anti-Japanese. • Sook Ching Massacre claimed lives of 25,000-50,000 ethnic Chinese in Singapore/Malaya. • Men rounded up and taken to deserted spots around the island to be killed systematically. The Kempeitai

  4. Also, the Kempeitai established a network of informers around the island. • This was to help them identify those who were anti-Japanese • Theywere well-paid by the Kempeitai and had no fear of being arrested • Japanese soldiers patrolled the streets. • Commoners had to bow to them when they passed by. • Those who failed to do so would be beaten and be taken away. The Kempeitai(cont’d)

  5. Images of The Kempeitai

  6. Scarce during the Occupation. • Prices of basic necessities increased drastically due to hyperinflation*. • Japanese issued ration cards to limit amount of resources received by the civilian population. • Adults could purchase 4.8 kg of rice per month and 2.4 kg for children. • The amount of rice for adults reduced by 25% as the war progressed. Resources *In economics, hyperinflation is inflation that is very high or “out of control”

  7. The Japanese issued banana money as their main currency since Straits currency became rare. • The Japanese instituted elements of a command economy. • There were restrictions on the demand and supply of resources. • Thus, this created a popular black market. • The "banana currency" started to suffer from high inflation and dropped drastically in value. • This was so as authorities could simply print more whenever they needed it. Banana Money

  8. Images ofBanana Money

  9. Food quality and availability decreased greatly. • Tapioca, sweet potatoes, and yam became the staple foods of the diets of most Singaporeans. • Reason: It was considerably cheaper then rice and could also be grown in gardens. • They turned into a variety of dishes - both dessert and all three meals of the day. • The nutrients helped stave off starvation. • New ways of consuming Tapioca invented regularly to stave of the monotony. Food Quality and Availability

  10. British and Japanese authorities encouraged the population to grow their own food. • This was always so even if they had the smallest amount of land. Food Quality and Availability(cont’d)

  11. Images of Food Quality and Availability

  12. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/HK_SKW_Museum_of_Coastal_Defence_1940s_Japanese.JPG/220pxHK_SKW_Museum_of_Coastal_Defence_1940s_Japanese.JPGhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/HK_SKW_Museum_of_Coastal_Defence_1940s_Japanese.JPG/220pxHK_SKW_Museum_of_Coastal_Defence_1940s_Japanese.JPG • http://www.japanfocus.org/data/3238_image003.jpg • http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/274796-2/C__pia+de+b+Shanghai+_28__001 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_money • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempeitai • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation • http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/images/banana3.jpg • http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/war/images/banana2.jpg • http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9JKET5siPPM/TD3DdLH0HI/AAAAAAAABm8/Ui5Ccuafakk/s1600/Organic_Tapioca_Starch.jpg • http://rawinspirations.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/sweet-potato-21.jpg • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZeQpZiHbg3U/SqkQH3pGPpI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/xdMZrBqx-04/s400/yams.jpg Bibliography

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