What was Daily life like under the Japanese

Question 1

Survival: Dealing with shortages

Answer 1

-Trade was disrupted, imposed of goods from overseas were limited. Most of the available resource was channeled to Japan’s war to effort rather than people.
-Led to shortage of food and essential item.
-Shortage led to rise of prices, drastic inflation
- People had to pay high prices for basic necessities
-Japanese responded by printing more money(banana notes) resulting massive drop of value which made the notes worthless.

Question 2

Survival: Disease and Death

Answer 2

-Healthcare and sanitation was worsened during Japanese Occupation
- The locals population was Weakened by food shortage
- POWS and civilian prisoners endured harsh living conditions
- POWS used as forces labour: Many sent to work on slam-burma railway(death railway) where about 16 000 died under the horrific working conditions

Question 3

Survival: Relocations

Answer 3

• Self-sufficiency:grow own food like vegetable, tapioca and sweet potatoes
• Japanese resorted to relocate people from SG to increase agriculture
• Attacks later disrupted the peace in this settlement cause by bandits and anti-Japanese guerrillas.
• Japanese created Bahau settlements in negeri sembilan for europeans and chinese roman catholics
• Land too hilly and soil too poor to support agriculture
• People resorted to eat rat, maggots, many perished

Question 4

Leisure and entertainment

Answer 4

• Maintain the appearance of harmonious and happy society by introducing radio programmes, movies, documentaries and even free open-air screenings of propaganda films
  -officials encourage sports and culture activities to reduce stress of wartime conditions
  -POWS tried to keep their spirits up by organizing and participating in social, religious and sporting activity.

Question 5

What was daily life like under the Japanese

Answer 5

Survival:Dealing with food shortages
Survival: Disease and Death
Survival: Relocation
Leisure and entertainment