Tokyo commemorated 80th anniversary of Tokyo Air Raid, while lacking public recognition and historical remembrance. Tokyo Air Raid survivors are still waiting for Japanese government’s compensation, even with North Korea asking for apologies and reparation for the Korean victims. France24…
“Japan on Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo during World War II in which a frenzied night raid saw 100,000 lives lost… Prime Minister Shinzo Abe… pledged in the ceremony to ‘contribute as much as possible…
“On March 10, 1945, U.S. B-29 bombers flew over Tokyo in the dead of night, dumping massive payloads of cluster bombs equipped with a then-recent invention: napalm. A fifth of Tokyo was left a smoldering expanse of charred bodies and…