ABSTRACT
Since 1933 the public in Japan itself has not been permitted to possess short-wave receiving sets. The very few that are available may be operated only under a special Home Office licence which is not even granted to foreign correspondents. The Japanese mainland is thus effectively closed to all propaganda from outside, and all attempts to reach it must remain a wasted effort until transmitters become available sufficiently near to permit “attacks” on the medium-wave. Even so it seems doubtful, owing to the particular conditioning of the Japanese mind, whether Allied radio propaganda will ever be able to make a substantial penetration. The Japanese are nevertheless on their guard. Despite these safeguards, penalties for listening to foreign broadcasts are even now very severe, and the police are carrying out frequent raids on private premises.
