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Why was this photograph published by the Japanese Government?
Why did the Japanese publish this photograph in the newspaper?

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I think that the Japanese published this photograph in the newspaper as the photographer wanted to convey the message to the locals that the students were happy learning Japanese language and that the Nippon go was successful. This is evident in source d, which shows a picture of students learning Japanese from the teacher while smiling. The photographer was trying to show that they were having a great time when learning, and even though the students and the teacher was not Japanese, but of different ethnic races, they still enjoyed learning Japanese.

In doing so, the photographer was trying to brainwash the locals to think that Nippon go was something that their children would enjoy and something that everyone can learn. So that the locals would be encourage to learn Nippon go and to embrace the Japanese culture.

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The Japanese probably published this photograph because they wanted to portray the local people (singaporeans) embracing the Japanese language as part of their daily lives, with the intent of encouraging all locals to study the japanese language. As shown in the photograph, two male students of different ethnicities and a teacher are standing in front of a black board filled with japanese characters and words. The teacher (right), is guiding the Malay student (middle), while facing the class, smiling. The photographer wanted to influence the locals to take up Japanese as a language and that learning it is not extremely difficult but instead enjoyable. Through the process of teaching the Japanese language, the Japanese were also promoting their culture, which is a form of propaganda, painting the image that the Japanese were good to the people by giving them a form of education, removing all traces of european colonial influences and at the same time influencing the locals to be pro-Japanese and accept the Japanese Occupation.

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The Japanese published this photograph in the newspaper because they wanted to convey a message that the local students enjoyed the education under the Japanese rule. This is evident from the photo showing two local students learning the japanese language, alongside a teacher, who seems to be smiling and enjoys teaching, while the boys seem to be engaged in the lesson. In doing so, the Japanese governments wanted to convince the locals to support pro-japanese views and perspectives, to promote japanese propaganda, so that the locals will realise that life under the Japanese rule was not that bad, and to embrace/support the Japanese rule. Hence, the Japanese published the photograph in order to cultivate a sense of asian consciousness.

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This photograph was published by the Japanese Government in the newspaper as they wanted to convey the message that locals embraced the Japanese culture and enjoyed learning the Japanese language. This is evident from the photograph showing the students and a teacher smiling, which shows that they are happy and enjoyed learning the language despite belonging to  different ethnic races. In doing so, the Japanese Government wanted to convince and encourage the locals to learn the Japanese language, as they wanted the locals to embrace the Japanese culture and to Think, Feel and Act like a Japanese. They also wanted to let the locals know that learning the Japanese language can be enjoyable, and is something that everyone can pick up easily to further encourage them to learn the language.

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the government published the photograph in the newspaper to convince the locals to learn japanese. the japanese wanted the support of the locals and hence wanted them to learn japanese for easier communication, and also to make them think feel and act like japanese. the message of the photograph is to show them thatlearning Japanese can be enjoyable and easy. the picture shows a Malay student writing japanese characters on a chalkboard with a smiling Japanese teacher guiding the student patiently. this shows that learning japanese can be fun because the teacher is helping the student improve in an enjoyable way. the intention was to show the locals that learning Japanese would be gratifying. they also wanted the people to be absorbed in their culture and remove all traces of colonial rule from Singapore

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This photograph was published in the newspaper because the Japanese wanted to encourage the locals in Singapore to learn the Japanese language. This was part of Japan’s mission to immerse the locals in the culture and traditions of Japan, in order to win the loyalty and the support of the locals in Singapore. The photograph shows 3 students happily writing on a chalkboard in Japanese. This photograph was published in the newspaper as the Japanese aimed to brainwash the locals into thinking that learning the Japanese language was fun and that the students in the local schools enjoyed learning it as well. Therefore, I can conclude that this photograph was used as a form of propaganda to glorify the Japanese name and to encourage people to become pro-Japanese and accept and obey Japanese rule.

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The Japanese Government published this photograph in the newspaper during the Japanese Occupation in order to  convince the people that they would have a bright future with them in control. The photograph is directed at people who have children attending school. As shown in the photograph, the teacher is smiling while helping the students learn Japanese by writing on the chalkboard. Hence, it tries to convey the message to the people that the students are having an enjoyable time learning the language in school. This further implies that under Japanese control, education will improve. Thus, the purpose of this photograph is to brainwash the people into supporting the Japanese by putting on a good impression of themselves and publicising that their children will receive a good education and have an enjoyable time in school.

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the government published this photograph to convince the locals that they would be in the good hands of the japanese when it came to education. the photograph targeted those who were going to school under japanese rule. in the photograph, a smiling teacher can be seen patiently teaching two schoolgoing boys how to write japanese characters on the black board. through this, the japanese wanted to show that the students enjoyed learning japanese in school. this further put locals at ease, especially those with children going to school at the time, as it gave them the impression that the education system had improved tremendously under the japanese rule. hence, we can conclude that the photograph was a way for the japanese to brainwash the people into believing that they were good at governing the country, which will then encourage them to be more accepting of the japanese and their culture.

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I think that the Japanese published this photograph in the newspaper during the Japanese Occupation to brainwash the locals into thinking that learning Japanese was fun to the teachers and students. This is evident from the photograph showing the teacher smiling as he teaches the students how to write in Japanese. This tells me that learning Japanese is fun to the students and teachers despite being from different ethnic groups. In doing so, the Japanese aimed to imbue and cultivate the Japanese spirit in the nation especially in schools. By publishing the photograph in the newspaper, they aimed to encourage students and adults to learn the Japanese language and remain loyal to the Japanese, linking back to the idea of nipponisation. Hence, I conclude that the Japanese wanted to imbue the Japanese spirit among the locals and encourage them to be loyal to the Japanese.

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The Japanese published this photograph in the newspaper so that it can be widely spread among the locals. The Japanese wants to brainwash the locals that the people of different ethnic groups are living in harmony under the Japanese control as the picture shows that the locals were learning Japanese and smiles could be seen on their faces. This shows that they are willing to learn Japanese and they will be given good learning opportunities. In this way, the locals will be convinced to accept and obey the Japanese rules since the benefits of better education opportunities is attractive.

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The Japanese Government had published this photograph as they wanted to convey a message to the locals that learning Japanese can be very fun. This is evident from the photograph which shows that two male students with a teacher. The two students look like they are learning Japanese enthusiastically while the teacher is smiling widely which suggest that he enjoys teaching students Japanese. The Japanese Government wanted to convince the locals that learning Japanese is enjoyable and easy. In doing so, they had also imposed the Japanese culture onto the locals wanting them to feel optimistic and hopeful about the becoming a part of the pro-Japanese.

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I think the Japanese published this photograph in the newspaper because they wanted to persuade people in Singapore to learn the Japanese language. The photograph shows how students in Singapore of different races like Malay and Chinese are smiling while learning the Japanese words and languages (Nippon Go) despite not learning it beforehand. With this, the Japanese wants the locals of Singapore to believe that the learning of the Japanese language is fun and engaging . In doing so, locals in Singapore would be more eager and willing to learn the Nippon go, or even send their children for these lessons. Hence, this makes the locals learn and be influenced by the Japanese language, blending into the Japanese society and therefore, being loyal to the Japanese

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I think that the Japanese published this photograph in the newspaper so as to persuade the locals that learning Japanese , Nippon go, is an interesting thing. In the photograph, it shows Malay and Indian students learning Japanese from a teacher in school. The students are smiling while writing on the chalkboard. Thus, the photograph might be conveying the message that Japanese are engaging and despite being of different races, they still had fun learning it. Hence, the photographer was trying to brainwash the locals that Japanese is easy and enjoyable. In doing so, locals from different ages would pick up this language and read about it in daily newspaper. Soon ,they will start to accept Japanese rule, culture and control.This would then ensure that they remain loyal to the Japanese.

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this photograph was published by the japanese government to convey the message to the locals that the students enjoyed learning the japanese language while under the japanese rule. this is evident from the photograph showing different ethnic groups such as the malays and the chinese, teaching the subject while smiling. this suggests that they are engaged and are having fun while learning the language. in doing so, the photographer wanted to brainwash the locals into supporting pro-japanese views and prospectives by using propaganda. they aimed to make the locals embrace and glorify the japanese by making the locals act like the japanese. therefore, the japanese published this photograph in order to promote the japanese culture to the locals.

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The photograph is published by the Japanese during the Japanese rule to convey that the students are happy about learning about the Japanese and are happy about what they have right now. This is evident from the photograph as the teacher is having a fun time teaching the students Japanese and the students are eager to learn more about the Japanese culture. In doing so, the Japanese wanted to brainwash the locals to let them feel optimistic and hopeful about the Japanese rule. So that, the locals will know that they are in good hands under the Japanese rule in Singapore.