Feature Learning Japanese Official secrecy and institutional rivalry obscured the achievements of two crash programmes hastily launched to teach Japanese during the Second World War. Nick Higham | Published in History Today Volume 72 Issue 2 February 2022 Japanese language teaching staff and students, including several ‘Dulwich Boys’, on the steps at SOAS, 1943. Image via Nick Higham. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive. Buy Online Access Buy Print & Archive Subscription If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems.