1941年12月8日朝、ダバオの在留邦人たちは、大本営海軍部によるラジオ放送で、真珠湾攻撃と日米開戦を知ることとなった。 当時アメリカ領だったフィリピンの邦人社会は大混乱に陥った。ダバオでも、開戦直後から、17,674名の邦人が「敵国民」としてダバオ市内外の学校や闘鶏場、刑務所や日系企業社屋などに強制収容された。この混乱のさなかに、62人の邦人が米比軍によって殺害されるといった悲惨な事件が起きてしまう。
12月20日、日本軍がダバオに上陸、在留邦人たちは各収容所から一斉に解放された。彼らは、歓喜の「バンザイ」とともに日本軍を迎え入れた。そして、通訳、自警団、食料調達係などとして、日本軍への協力に邁進していくのである。開墾した麻山は切り崩され、食糧増産のための畑や軍用空港へと転用されていった。以後、「隣組」が組織され、「敵性フィリピン人」の摘発に協力するなど、邦人社会は一気に日本軍政に巻き込まれていった。
40年近くかけて築き上げてきた、ダバオ邦人社会の崩壊の始まりだった。＜後編に続く＞
Thank you for your continued support of Davao’s portal site “Davaotchi”. “Davaotchi” is an information portal about Davao that has been running for about seven and a half years since September 2016 with the aim of conveying the charms of Davao to Japanese people in Japanese and making them more aware of Davao. Thanks to everyone’s support, we have gained a certain amount of recognition, such as being featured in a magazine, and many people have started to hear the term “Dabaotchi”. On the other hand, we have prioritized the mission of conveying the charms of Davao to as many Japanese people as possible, so there is almost no profitability, and we have allocated the profits generated from other businesses to the site management, but we have no plans for the future. As a result of careful consideration of scalability and development, Davaotchi has decided to recruit supporters who can support Davaotchi in order to better manage the site. We considered charging for the site or introducing a subscription plan, but we wanted to deliver information about Davao to as many people as possible, so we decided to simply ask for support from Davaochi fans first. You can support us using PayPal or credit card (debit card) below. We look forward to your cooperation. See more news articles
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