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Some Photos of Life in Singapore During Japanese Occupation

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Indians and Malays are learning Japanese in classroom Sime Road Camp. Humiliation was hourly inflicted on the Caucasian women internees who were forced to bow to Japanese Malay women mourn the loss of

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Wartime recipes: What people ate during WWII in Singapore

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Filmmaker duo Gozde and Russel Zehnder take you back to the Japanese Occupation in Singapore to reveal the hope that came in the form of food during times...

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Never forget....!
SINGAPORE: Japanese-owned website, The Real Singapore, has urged its readers to celebrate Chinese New Year by discussing with their family members to influence them to dethrone the government.

The Real Singapore (TRS) is owned by Ai Takagi, a Japanese who is now an Australian citizen. TRS is now under Police investigation for posting seditious articles meant to sow discord amongst the races in Singapore.

Ai Takagi has been arrested together with her lover and comrade, Robin Yang and they are both out on bail.

Tan Ah Teck, 82, a retiree said that TRS's call for the Chinese to celebrate Chinese New year by discussing about politics proved that a Japanese could never understand Chinese culture.

Tan Ah Teck said that on every Chinese New Year he had to relieve the atrocities of the Japanese during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore when his whole family, including his 10-months old brother were executed right in front of his eyes during the first day of Chinese New Year.

"Now you have a Japanese telling me how to celebrate Chinese New Year?"

"You tell that Japanese woman to tell the Japanese government to apologise for all the atrocities that they had committed towards the Chinese during the war."

"Do you know that unlike the Germans, the Japanese have never once admitted to their war crimes?" he asked.

The Japanese occupation is generally regarded by Singaporeans as the darkest period of Singaporean history. The Japanese had claimed that they were liberating Southeast Asia from colonialism, but in reality they were far harsher rulers than the British ever were.

In addition to civilian casualties, numerous atrocities were committed by Japanese troops, particularly by the Kempeitai. The Kempetai were the Japanese police. Commoners were made to bow to them as they passes, if not, they would be punished by kicking, hitting, ect. The Japanese, to 'purify' the commoners and not have 'unloyals' going against them, introduced a system called Sook Ching (translated purge through purification).

There were secret informers all over the island. When asked by the Japanese to select and 'accused', they would simply point to anyone. These people were rounded up and taken to a deserted place to be shot, bayoneted, etc. The local people lived in fear at that time because they did not know who worked for the Japanese and who did not.

Resources were scarce during the Occupation. Talk of Japanese Occupation fare and everyone who has lived through it mentions sweet potatoes and tapioca. It was "tapioca for breakfast, tapioca for lunch and tapioca for dinner". The ubiquitous ubi kayu, which most people think of as a dessert, provided wonderful ballast for empty stomachs. Boiled with coconut milk and sweetened with palm sugar, it made a good snack. Steamed and cut into strips, the tapioca could be turned into fries. Mashed into flour, it could be made into kropok. The flour could also be used to make sago flour beads, even bread and noodles although neither was a success. Sweet potatoes were a great substitute for scarce rice. A few added to a pot of porridge or rice fed more hungry mouths. The tubers made the rice more nutritious too since they are rich in vitamins and high in fibre.

"Now I am thankful that at least during Chinese New Year, I could celebrate it with my children and grandchildren," Tan Ah Teck continued.

"Please tell that Japanese woman don't teach us Chinese how to celebrate our new year."

"A thousand years of washing will not cleanse their hands off Chinese blood."

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Japanese-owned Anti-Singapore Website, The Real Singapore, Wants You To Celebrate Chinese New Year By Discussing Ways To Dethrone The Government

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Never forget....! SINGAPORE: Japanese-owned website, The Real Singapore, has urged its readers to celebrate Chinese New Year by discussing with their family members to influence them to dethrone the government. The Real Singapore (TRS) is owned by Ai Takagi, a Japanese who is now an Australian citizen.

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Never forget....!
SINGAPORE: Japanese-owned website, The Real Singapore, has urged its readers to celebrate Chinese New Year by discussing with their family members to influence them to dethrone the government.

The Real Singapore (TRS) is owned by Ai Takagi, a Japanese who is now an Australian citizen. TRS is now under Police investigation for posting seditious articles meant to sow discord amongst the races in Singapore.

Ai Takagi has been arrested together with her lover and comrade, Robin Yang and they are both out on bail.

Tan Ah Teck, 82, a retiree said that TRS's call for the Chinese to celebrate Chinese New year by discussing about politics proved that a Japanese could never understand Chinese culture.

Tan Ah Teck said that on every Chinese New Year he had to relieve the atrocities of the Japanese during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore when his whole family, including his 10-months old brother were executed right in front of his eyes during the first day of Chinese New Year.

"Now you have a Japanese telling me how to celebrate Chinese New Year?"

"You tell that Japanese woman to tell the Japanese government to apologise for all the atrocities that they had committed towards the Chinese during the war."

"Do you know that unlike the Germans, the Japanese have never once admitted to their war crimes?" he asked.

The Japanese occupation is generally regarded by Singaporeans as the darkest period of Singaporean history. The Japanese had claimed that they were liberating Southeast Asia from colonialism, but in reality they were far harsher rulers than the British ever were.

In addition to civilian casualties, numerous atrocities were committed by Japanese troops, particularly by the Kempeitai. The Kempetai were the Japanese police. Commoners were made to bow to them as they passes, if not, they would be punished by kicking, hitting, ect. The Japanese, to 'purify' the commoners and not have 'unloyals' going against them, introduced a system called Sook Ching (translated purge through purification).

There were secret informers all over the island. When asked by the Japanese to select and 'accused', they would simply point to anyone. These people were rounded up and taken to a deserted place to be shot, bayoneted, etc. The local people lived in fear at that time because they did not know who worked for the Japanese and who did not.

Resources were scarce during the Occupation. Talk of Japanese Occupation fare and everyone who has lived through it mentions sweet potatoes and tapioca. It was "tapioca for breakfast, tapioca for lunch and tapioca for dinner". The ubiquitous ubi kayu, which most people think of as a dessert, provided wonderful ballast for empty stomachs. Boiled with coconut milk and sweetened with palm sugar, it made a good snack. Steamed and cut into strips, the tapioca could be turned into fries. Mashed into flour, it could be made into kropok. The flour could also be used to make sago flour beads, even bread and noodles although neither was a success. Sweet potatoes were a great substitute for scarce rice. A few added to a pot of porridge or rice fed more hungry mouths. The tubers made the rice more nutritious too since they are rich in vitamins and high in fibre.

"Now I am thankful that at least during Chinese New Year, I could celebrate it with my children and grandchildren," Tan Ah Teck continued.

"Please tell that Japanese woman don't teach us Chinese how to celebrate our new year."

"A thousand years of washing will not cleanse their hands off Chinese blood."

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Japanese-owned Anti-Singapore Website, The Real Singapore, Wants You To Celebrate Chinese New Year By Discussing Ways To Dethrone The Government

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Never forget....! SINGAPORE: Japanese-owned website, The Real Singapore, has urged its readers to celebrate Chinese New Year by discussing with their family members to influence them to dethrone the government. The Real Singapore (TRS) is owned by Ai Takagi, a Japanese who is now an Australian citizen.

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Japanese occupation of Singapore - Wikipedia

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During Japanese Occupation, students were forced to learn Japanese instead of English or their own Mother Tongue. Those who were given the privilege to get a proper education were usually the Malays and Indians. Others such as`

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Before the Japanese occupation, teenagers lived a carefree life under the british rulers. The teenagers were not harmed or ill treated and daily neccessities were affordable.
During the Japanese Occupation, daily neccessities' prices shot up, and teenagers lived a fearful life. They had to worry about the Japanese soldiers raiding their houses and taking the young women and older men away. Mothers would urge their daughters to get married so that they would not be taken away to be comfort women. Teenagers had no money no food and the food provided decreased each time they went to ration for it. The japanese would kidnap young women and force them into slavery, having sex with many men per day. Some women could not face the situation and

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Before the war the houses that people were living in was in good condition and there were enough houses for families to live in . their houses also have enough space for everyone in their family . they have roofs over their heads and their houses have toilets and a kitchen that they can cook in .
During the war houses were destroyed by the Japanese as the houses were bombed . As the houses were destroyed there were a shortage of houses and families have to be cramped in a house that they can rent. Some of their hoses were destroyed and have to rent a house or a room to live in . People who still had their house rented them out with high prices and only a few families can rent them.

After the Japanese surrendered the British came back and rebuilt houses so that there will not be a shortage of houses and families will not have to be cramp together in a room.

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Before Japanese Occupation,food affordable and easy to buy as there is no rationing before world war 2. Lives of teenagers was carefree and there is no illness. During the Japanese Occupation, food become expensive and is not easy for them to afford, there is also not enough food for them to eat so there will be limited food for locals to eat. At that time, rationing occurs, locals have to queue up  for a long time. Food was scarce and teenagers will have not enough to eat, therefore teenager were very skinny at that time. Lives of teenagers were very hard and miserable as they get hungry very soon. Teenagers have to grow foods in their school like, tapiocas  and sweet potato as they need more food for them to eat. Some of the teenagers have to go  out in the jungle to find food."Although food was scarce, somehow or other, we could survive on things that we could lay our hands on. In order to survive, you try to make use of every part of the fruit you ate. For instance, even the skin from a cempedak can be eaten. the seed, which is hard, can be boiled until it becomes soft and edible. You can even eat the shells of groundnuts." This  tells me that teenagers take food as there precious things. It is because that they don't waste any parts of the food. Even though the seed of  cempedak is hard, they find way to cook them.
After the Japanese Occupation, Lives of teenagers will in better condition, food was available and they have enough food for themselves to eat.