This is not stuff that anybody's broadcasting. The japanese public certainly knows nothing about this. It does sort of lay out the stakes a little bit for the people that might fall into japanese hands. And enough of the scuttle butt will be making it through the general public that they will do things in malaya and singapore like make sure that all the alcohol is destroyed if it's in path of where the japanese army is going to march through. You know, just you don't want to take any chances.
Japan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins to develop infusing the whole conflict with a savage vibe.