[MAP OF ASIA IN THE PACIFIC WAR].

大東亜戦争放送ニュース聽取用地圖. [Daitōasensō Hōsō nyusu chōshuyō chizu].
[The Great East Asia War. Wireless News Listeners' Map].

東京. [Tokyo]. 日本放送協会. [Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Stock ID #219230

Colour folding map, scale 1: 10000000, 54.7cm x 79.5cm, chronology of building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on reverse. Some light browning a little darker at folds and reverse, washi repairs to folds on reverse.

This colour map of Asia and the Pacific, published on 30 January 1942—just one month after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor—offers a striking glimpse into wartime strategy and propaganda. Remarkably, despite being produced at the war's outset, it accurately anticipated key battlegrounds that would define the conflict. The main map is supplemented by two inset maps: one in the upper right highlighting Japan, the Hawaiian Islands and Honolulu, and another in the lower left focusing on Singapore, with Darwin marked along the lower edge.

The reverse side features a revealing chronological chart titled "Building Great East Asia," documenting Japan's military expansion from the 1931 Manchurian Incident through January 1942 as troops advanced across Southeast Asia. Notably, two blank rows were intentionally left at the chart's end, anticipating future victories to be recorded as the war progressed—a telling detail that underscores the map's dual role as both strategic document and propaganda tool. An interesting map which combines geographical precision with ideological messaging.

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