I don’t recall ever hearing about today’s feature.  On this date in 1968, Japan’s greatest bank robbery occurred.  Here’s the story.  On that particular morning, there were four employees of Nihon Shintaku Ginko bank who were transporting around 300 million yen to a factory.  They were in an unmarked car, and they were traveling to the factory to drop off […]

    This one is of special interest to me today since I am reading a book about Japanese Americans in WWII.  On this date in 1941, the U.S. froze all Japanese assets in retaliation for Japan’s occupation of French Indo-China.  President Roosevelt signed an executive order which did this and stopped trade with Japan.  I personally think he did the right […]