It was the Japanese policy to push the goals of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. According to Rico Jose in his article, “The Dawn of Freedom and Japanese Wartime Propaganda”, the Japanese had three aims: to unmask the Americans as the real enemies and to eradicate their influences; to emphasize Japan’s role as the leader of Asia; and especially with regard to Filipinos, to recover the native character lost due to years of Occidental colonization.
Sa ginawa namang kakatwang makabagong bersyon ng Urbana at Felisa, pinakita ni Jose Javier Reyes ang mga “trend” sa Maynila ng dekada ‘oos na labis na ring nabahiran ng Americanization. Sa unang sulat, pinandidirihan ni Urbana ang kaugalian ng kababaihang “namantsahan ng kabalahuraan ng lungsod”.