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Subverting Japanese radio propaganda during World War II: Charles Cousens and Iva Toguri

Subverting Japanese radio propaganda during World War II: Charles Cousens and Iva Toguri

August 15, 2025

Ask a librarian, Victorian history:

Charles Cousens and Iva Toguri endured an unusual fate during World War II: they were forced to broadcast propaganda for the Japanese from Radio Tokyo. With amazing energy and creativity, they produced their own program, ‘Zero Hour’, which aimed to undermine the propaganda messages and even entertain the allied troops. After the war, they were both accused of treason.