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Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 18, 2023
Former Japanese soldier held in Soviet labor camp gives talks to children
Close to 600,000 Japanese soldiers are believed to have been held in Soviet labor camps in the wake of Japan"s defeat in the war, with about 55,000 dying as a result of the conditions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2023
WWII wreck on which nearly 1,000 Australians died found
Deep-sea explorers have located the wreck of a World War II Japanese transport ship, the Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed off the Philippines killing nearly 1,000 Australians aboard.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 26, 2020
Mystery in the mountains: Piecing together the fate of a downed American aircrew in rural Japan
A resident of Kawakami, Nara Prefecture, retraces what happened to the survivors of a B-29 u2018superfortressu2019 that went down over Kansai near the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Sep 23, 2018
Monument to chief of WWI POW camp, known for humanitarian treatment of POWs, unveiled in Fukushima
A monument commemorating the Japanese head of a World War I camp who was known for his humanitarian treatment of German prisoners of war was unveiled in his hometown of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 2, 2018
Japan Times 1918: Teacher's house stoned after racial epithet
Twenty-three students of the Odate Middle School in Akita Prefecture in northwestern Japan attacked the house of Mr. Kishida, instructor of natural history in the school, twice on the night of June 2, throwing stones and destroying the windows and paper slides of the house.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2018
Hiroshima hibakusha attends Massachusetts memorial ceremony for U.S. POWs killed in A-bombing
An atomic bomb survivor attended a memorial ceremony Monday to honor the 12 American servicemen who died in the U.S. nuclear attack in the closing days of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 4, 2017
Japan Times 1917: An eye-witness account of Perry's historic visit
"From a far distance, among the wonder-stricken villagers, losing color at the sight of the 'black ships,'" said one farmer, "I stood aghast, wondering what would happen, staring at the unwanted objects."
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Oct 26, 2017
On reconciliation tour, American ex-POW, 95, revisits Miyagi mine, scene of horrific memories
At the entrance of the defunct lead and zinc mine in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, earlier in October, American Henry Chamberlain, 95, had to lean on his cane to ease the fatigue linked to the beatings he received from Japanese soldiers during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 22, 2016
Civility shown to Russo-Japanese War POWs lives on as Matsuyama's legacy
Tucked away in a tiny corner of Matsuyama, on a hillside not too far from the famous Dogo Onsen hot springs resort, lies a unique graveyard. Inside lie gravestones for 98 Russian POWs who died during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, a somber reminder of a time the city is nevertheless generally eager to remember, and occasionally romanticize.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2016
Former American soldier's Hiroshima visit canceled, POW group says
The former POW was to accompany U.S. President Barack Obama on his historic visit to the atomic-bombed city.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2016
Ex-POW invited to accompany Obama on historic Hiroshima visit
The White House invites a former U.S. prisoner of war to accompany President Barack Obama on his historic visit to Hiroshima later this week.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2016
Japan settles for ¥1.1 million payment to Dutch ex-POW, 95, denied hibakusha care
The central government has agreed in a court-mediated settlement to pay ¥1.1 million in compensation to a Dutchman who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki as a prisoner of war, his lawyers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2016
Grandson of wartime internee embraces reconciliation with life in Japan
For the grandchildren of those who were imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II, it is perhaps understandable that some may still hold hostility toward Japan and its people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 17, 2015
Japan's public diplomacy of churlish cluelessness
Enough is enough. How dare UNESCO inscribe primary sources and a wartime video about the Nanking mayhem into global memory? I fully support the Japanese government's threats to withdraw funding from UNESCO to protest its recent decision to include a dossier submitted by China, "Documents of Nanjing Massacre," in the Memory of the World Register. Nothing could better highlight Japan's bumbling public diplomacy, or pettifogging about its shared history with Asia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 13, 2015
Pow! Wow! to pack a punch in Tokyo
Inspiration comes in many forms: It could be a piece of artwork that changes your vision of the world, or it could be a phone call from a friend that spawns an international art phenomenon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 3, 2015
Germans at Kurume 'getting arrogant'; Throne Assistance body meets; hope abandoned for 208 missing fishermen; Kaifu congratulates unified Germany
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 8, 2015
'Pow Martinez: From the Bitter Abyss'
Sept. 11-Oct. 3
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2015
Tributes to WWII POWs paid during service at Yokohama cemetery
More than 100 people attended an event in Yokohama on Saturday to pay tribute to soldiers from the British Commonwealth and other Allied nations who were taken prisoner during World War II and who later died here.
JAPAN / History
Jul 21, 2015
Mitsubishi unit also owes apology to Chinese forced laborers, Xinhua says
China's official Xinhua News Agency said in an article that Mitsubishi Materials Corp. should also apologize to Chinese workers, the day after the company delivered an apology to former American prisoners of war forced to work for the company during World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 21, 2015
'Not a hero' McCain returns fire, tells Trump to apologize to U.S. military families
Sen. John McCain urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday to apologize to U.S. military families for saying prisoners of war are not heroes, in his first direct response to Trump's remarks.

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