Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation
Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the ...
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Japanese digger searches for WWII remains: ‘Best way to honor war dead is never to allow another war’
Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the ...
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80 years on, survivors of Tokyo firebombing fight to keep their stories from being forgotten
Japanese courts rejected their compensation demands of 11 million yen ($74,300) each, saying citizens were supposed to endure ...
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Japan holds first memorial for 'all workers' at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?
SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials have ... especially in the final years of World War II. Korean compensation demands for Japan's atrocities during its brutal colonial rule have strained ...
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Frenchman seeks to donate photos documenting Japan's wartime atrocities
According to their description, these photos document the atrocities of the Japanese army during World War II, which are not just painful memories for Marcus' family but also a shared witness to ...
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Brazil apologizes for World War II persecution of Japanese immigrants
“I want to apologize on behalf of the Brazilian state for the persecution your ancestors suffered, for all the barbarities, atrocities ... of World War II, members of the Japanese community ...