With some searching I found the original source of the picture. It was part of a commemorative book of the 34th Japanese Infantry Regiment and the caption reads as follows:
"On March 9, 1942 news of the Dutch army's total surrender reached the front lines, and they advanced to the capital, Bandung in the pouring rain."
So this picture was made on Java in the Dutch East Indies (presently Indonesia).
The bike must have been captured somewhere in East Asia.
The Pastdaily information was incorrect!
Will see if a better picture can be obtained but I fear it will be difficult.
Great research Rob,wonder if there are any more photos of Japanese war booty motorcycles,they must have used captured vehicles of all types which fell intact to them,same as the Germans.
It is quite likely there are more pictures but googling in japanese is a bit difficult but I am going to try it.
There must be Japanese enthusiasts as well I assume.
I have no clue to what level Japanese military had the possesion of a camera.
Germans soldiers had much more camera's than even the Allied soldiers!
