Some local governments in Japan are tapping the furusato nōzei hometown donation program, which offers tax deductions, to solicit contributions for projects aimed at passing on memories of World War II to younger generations.
Eighty years after the end of the war, initiatives are under way in some regions to keep the tragic history — from kamikaze suicide attack units to devastating air raids — from fading, by leveraging digital technology to renovate exhibition facilities and produce documentary footage.
The Chiran Peace Museum in Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, has unveiled a revamped 3D diorama of the Chiran airfield and its surroundings, opening the updated exhibit on July 31. The museum preserves materials on the young pilots who flew from the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army's largest suicide attack base in the closing months of World War II.
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