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BERITA & DERITA
Media adalah senjata, propaganda adalah berita. Jepang Cahaya Asia adalah “saudara tua” yang membantu bangsa Indonesia mengusir penjajah Belanda. Sisi terang itu tersuar melalui banyak media: koran, majalah, radio dan film. Namun, tak berarti derita hidup bisa selamanya ditimbun berita. Jepang kian tersudut dalam palagan, sementara pembebasan mereka yang tertindas semakin dekat dengan harapan. Propaganda demi propaganda di antara kabar baik dan buruk mengantarkan rakyat Indonesia mengucapkan sayonara pada “saudara tua”.
BETWEEN NEWS AND MISERY - Media was a weapon. Propaganda was news. Japan The Light of Asia was an "older brother" who helped the Indonesian people expel the Dutch colonialists. The good news was spread through many media: newspapers, magazines, radio and films. However, the misery of the colonized people could not always be covered by the propaganda news. Japan was finally cornered by their own propaganda while the liberation of the oppressed people was almost realized. Propaganda after propaganda between good and bad news led Indonesian people to say sayonara to their “older brother”.
Koran Asia Raya
Asia Raya terbit perdana setebal empat halaman pada 29 April 1942. Sebagai koran propaganda Jepang, Asia Raya menyajikan informasi yang seirama dengan kepentingan pendudukan Jepang di Indonesia yang menjanjikan kemakmuran Asia Raya. Menariknya, koran ini menyediakan ruang bagi para penulis, antara lain HB. Jassin, Achdiat K. Mihardja, Bakri Siregar, Usmar Ismail, Rosihan Anwar, dan Andjar Asmara.
Asia Raya Newspaper - Asia Raya was first published in four pages on 29 April 1942. As a Japanese propaganda newspaper, Asia Raya presented information in tune with the interests of the Japanese colonialism in Indonesia promising prosperity for the Great Asia. Interestingly, this newspaper provided a space for writers such as HB. Jassin, Achdiat K. Mihardja, Bakri Siregar, Usmar Ismail, Rosihan Anwar, and Andjar Asmara to express their thoughts.
Microfon Mavro
Penggunaan mikrofon ini melintasi tiga zaman: era kolonial Belanda, pendudukan Jepang, dan zaman kemerdekaan. Mataramsche Vereeniging voor Radio Omroep (MAVRO) menggunakan mikrofon ini sebagai kontra siaran radio Belanda Nederlands Indische Radio Omroep (NIROM). Pada masa pendudukan Jepang, Hoso Kanri Kyoko menggunakannya sebagai alat siaran propaganda. Mikrofon Mavro menjadi milik Radio Republik Indonesia sejak awal berdiri pada 11 September 1945.
Mavro Microphone - The use of this microphone had crossed three eras: the Dutch colonial era, the Japanese occupation, and the era of independence. Mataramsche Vereeniging voor Radio Omroep (MAVRO) used this microphone to counter to the Dutch radio broadcasts Nederlands Indische Radio Omroep (NIROM). During the Japanese occupation, Hoso Kanri Kyoko used it as a propaganda broadcast device. The Mavro microphone has been owned by Radio Republik Indonesia since its founding on 11 September 1945.
Poster Propaganda
Jepang mengalami kekalahan di pelbagai negeri pendudukannya. Setelah mengalahkan Nazi Jerman pada Mei 1945, Sekutu mengarahkan operasi penaklukan mereka ke Palagan Pasifik untuk merebut kuasa Jepang. Menjelang akhir kekuasaan Jepang, beredar sejumlah pamflet berisi imbauan supaya masyarakat tidak lagi percaya kepada Jepang. Propaganda ini menyiarkan keberhasilan Sekutu mengalahkan Jepang di dalam gelanggang pertempuran. Pada 15 Agustus 1945 Kaisar Hirohito menyatakan Jepang kalah dan menyerah kepada Sekutu.
Propaganda Posters - Japan suffered defeat in many of their occupied countries. After defeating Nazi Germany in May 1945, the Allies directed their military operations to the Pacific taking over the Japanese authority. At the end of Japanese rule, a number of pamphlets were circulated urging people to no longer believe in Japan. This propaganda broadcast the Allies’ success of defeating Japan in the battlefield. On 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito acknowledged Japan's defeat and surrendered to the Allies.
