Download or read book The Japanese War written by Sadao Oba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by Ann Kaneko. How British school pupils were recruited to learn in 18 months or less what was then considered to be the most difficult language in the world, in order to become translators, interpreters and interrogators for the allied effort in the Pacific War - a staggering 648 experts in the period 1942-47.