Japanese May Have To Simplify Their Language
Rec. 12.10 a.m. London, Aug. 28 The Berne correspondent of the New Tork Times says a Tokio dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung discloses that the Japanese authorities are pressing for the abolition of the English language in occupied areas, including the Philippines, and its replacement by Japanese, which is proclaimed an obligatory official language. To facilitate the process, the Japanese language and grammar will be reformed by reducing the number of letters and by adopting a uniform system of writing from left to right.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1942, Page 3
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