Shadow across the rising sun

A Japanese flag on a pole stands on a map of the Japanese islands labelled 'JAPAN', and the flag casts a large question-mark shadow across the sea. The cartoon argues that Japan's future is uncertain; the shadow motif is a warning image, a weak fit for 'fear-appeal'.

Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

Fear appeal

Date: June 17, 1960
Period: Cold War
Made by: Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Cartoon
Issuer type: Media
Regime: Eisenhower Administration
Leader: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Warn or inform
Themes: Security and surveillance, War and the military
Event: Cold War
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights: Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743284 (NAID 5743284).