Broadcaster of Chinese wartime propaganda found

Broadcaster of Chinese wartime propaganda found

SHENYANG, China - Kiyoko Hara, a Japanese female announcer who called on the Imperial Japanese Army to surrender in Chinese Communist Party radio broadcasts during the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War, has been found to be still living in Shenyang 54 years after the war. In a recent interview with Kyodo News, Hara, 86, revealed for the first time that she cooperated with the Chinese communists in broadcasting their propaganda to the Japanese army during the war.

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