This image is from late 1940 and is entitled "The Cartoonist's Mission." Here, the sharp pen of the cartoonist sweeps undesirables (alleged enemies of the state) into the rubbish bin. The labels read: obsessive consumers, black market merchants, nihilists, those fond of Western customs, decadents, hedonists, hoarders, dogmatists, supporters of the status quo.

Throughout the war years Japanese media attacked those whose social, cultural, and moral values might be suspect. The above list is typical of the "decadent Western values" against which Japan was allegedly fighting.