And there is always the question of what this year's would have looked like if it had been left entirely in Japanese hands.

Just over two months later that supposedly impregnable fortress was in Japanese hands.

People in the street were interviewed and expressed concern that ownership of such landmarks was falling into Japanese hands.

Some had simply been lost in the general chaos and wandered into Japanese hands.

By 08:00, most of the northern hangars were in Japanese hands.

Within two months, the Philippines, too, would be in Japanese hands.

In June 1943 the management of water, gas and electricity was transferred into private Japanese hands.

Most of them were shot, bayoneted or beheaded from the Japanese hands.

Far greater amounts of advanced technology pass into Japanese hands each week in private deals.

"But we can't let them fall into Japanese hands."