Japan-Manchukuo Technology Boys League Hat Badge/技術に盟ふ日満少年章

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Thanks to 64th issue of Shashin shūhō/Photographic Weekly Report/寫眞週報 published on May 10, 1939 we know who wore these badges.

技術に盟ふ日満少年 - Japan-Manchukuo Boys League of Technology

 

Published by the Japanese Cabinet Information Bureau between 1938 and 1945, Shashin shūhō/Photographic Weekly Report was one of the government’s most effective propaganda tools. In 1943, when it reached its greatest circulation, this influential journal is thought to have been issued in a staggering edition of up to 500,000 copies. Relaying news of the war between China and Japan that had begun in 1937 and of World War II, which Japan entered in September 1940, the covers described Japan’s military efforts through a combination of photographic practices and graphic devices evocative of the Russian and European interwar avant-garde. Unexpected angles, extreme foreshortening, close-ups, photomontage, dynamic angles, and broad planes of flat color here bolster images of leadership, surveillance by sea, bombing by air, armaments in production, and troop deployment.​

Let's take a look inside 64th issue.