Department of Defense deleted over 26,000 images including Enola Gay, Tuskegee Airmen, and Navajo Code Talkers. Although Department of Defense restored the deleted contents and stated that it was unintentional, some doubt that it was part of anti-DEI protocol that…
With limited government support, Okinawa is having a hard time recovering and identifying remains that died during the Battle of Okinawa. Locals also fear new U.S. base construction with rising regional uncertainties in disturbing unmarked graves and threatening to erase…
Taiwan has continuously asserted that ROC is the legitimate force fighting Japanese aggression with PRC having no substantial contribution. China has denounce DPP for downplaying Japanese occupation, while stating that Taiwan’s history becomes evident that Taiwan is part of mainland…
Japanese American that experienced internment camp are sharing their experience through exhibitions and speaker events. These events reflect their resilience and identity as Japanese American, while it also parallels with ongoing immigrant and detention policies issues. Yale News Article: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/02/20/survivor-of-japanese-internment-camp-speaks-at-asian-american-cultural-center/…
Various World War II Documents were found in different places, explicitly showing Japanese wartime atrocities. These documents include 1930s Shanghai , additional secret biochemical units, and South Manchuria Railway Company’s involvement in Japanese Aggression. China Daily Article: https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202502/19/WS67b4b125a310c240449d5f25.html Le Monde…
Japan’s Atomic bomb survivors were awarded the 2024 Noble Peace Price for their long fight to abolish nuclear weapons. Although many victims celebrated the event, Korean victims had mixed emotional response as they are marginalized within the Japanese-led organization. Kyodo…
The last Korean to be convicted of war crimes after serving in the Japanese military during World War II has died without receiving the apology and compensation he insisted Tokyo owed him for his suffering. Lee Hak-rae, 96, died on Sunday.
South Korea’s Moon Calls for Japan Talks, Separation of Historical Disputes from Future Ties (SCMP) Japanese Media: Moon’s Speech Lacks concrete Proposals for Bilateral Cooperation (Dong-A Ilbo) EDITORIAL: Decisive action needed to resolve Tokyo-Seoul history dispute (Asahi Shimbun) Moon: South…
“Metallic reproductions of paper cranes folded by atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki are being developed as durable symbols of peace for distribution around the world.” “A descendant of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima known for her…
“The U.S. military landed on the island at the end of WWII on Feb. 19, 1945. Japanese military forces fought the Americans for more than a month, but the island became occupied by the U.S. About 21,900 Japanese soldiers and…
‘ In the early 1930s, the Japanese government sent about 320,000 people to Manchukuo – officially known as Manchuria. Most of them served in the military or as bureaucrats, along with businessmen and families from rural parts of Japan who…
The Asahi Shimbun: Paris-based filmmaker Kenichi Watanabe completed a documentary on nuclear radiation in time for the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear plant accident in March. The film, titled “Notre ami l’atome–Un siecle de radioactivite” (Our friend the atom–A…
“At an exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of the recovery of the island of Taiwan from Japanese colonial rule held at the National Museum of China, many visitors could be seen gathering around and staring at a black and white…
“On the morning of September 2, 1945, Lt. Cmdr. James Starnes stood on the deck of the USS Missouri, surrounded by his fellow seamen, hundreds of Allied warships and the blue waters of Tokyo Bay.”
“South Korean President Park Geun-Hye muted her criticism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s war anniversary statement, mindful that she needs to improve her country’s relations with Japan.”
“Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stopped short of offering an apology in his own words for Japan’s actions in World War II, issuing a 70th-anniversary statement that mixed remorse with some defiant messages.”
“Seventy years after the end of World War Two, some 42 percent of Germans want to draw a line under the Nazi past, a poll showed on Wednesday, as the nation’s complex legacy continues to shape its international role and…
“Nearly a third of Americans cite World War II as the event that stands out when they think about relations between the United States and Japan, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. By contrast, only 17%…
“In the 1980s, the Smithsonian began restoring the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. By then it was a complete mess. Over the years it had been disassembled, spread across multiple buildings, birds had nested…
“In a DW interview, Ian Buruma, Professor of Human Rights and Journalism in the US, and author of several books including “Year Zero: A History of 1945 ,” talks about why views on World War II are so polarized in…
“The head of a history think-tank has criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for referring to women forced by his nation’s military into sexual slavery before and during World War II as victims of “human trafficking.” … “It is absolutely unacceptable…
“A university museum in Japan has broken a seven-decade taboo on discussing the dissection of live US prisoners of war by medical personnel towards the end of the Second World War.”
“This Tomb Sweeping Day, Liu Shouben, a 92-year-old former Kuomintang soldier, can finally tell people about the bloody battles he fought against the Japanese… Liu joined the KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party, in the spring of 1942. He fought a…
“Japan has continued its path as a pacifist nation for 70 years since the end of World War II based on its “deep remorse” over the war, according to a draft of the annual foreign policy report for this year…. The…