Commentary / Japan May 12, 2021
When a WWII bombardier found his humanity
by Cesar Chelala
When we talked that day, I learned much about my friend’s actions during the war — conduct that made me admire him even more than I did before.
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY May 2, 2020
A bombing raid on Tokyo by U.S. aircraft during World War II disrupts distribution networks of Nippon Times.
National Mar 10, 2020
Under cloud of virus, few mark 75th anniversary of Tokyo firebombing
In a memorial service with only 10 people in attendance, Tokyo on Tuesday marked the 75th anniversary of the firebombing of the city by U.S. forces during World War II that killed an estimated 100,000 people, making it one of the most deadly air ...
Commentary / Japan Mar 9, 2020
The March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo and the immorality of war
by Robert D. Eldridge
The U.S. attack on Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945, reinforces the reality that it usually is the civilians who suffer the most from the horrors of war.
National Mar 10, 2018
The 73rd anniversary of the 1945 Great Tokyo Air Raid is marked with a ceremony to honor the tens of thousands who perished when incendiary bombs set the capital ablaze.
Commentary / Japan | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Feb 27, 2017
Indiscriminate bombing and legal judgment
by Hiroaki Sato
Indiscriminate or otherwise, aerial bombing remains the preferred choice of warfare for the United States, which dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016 alone.
National Oct 27, 2015
Ex-librarians collect Tokyo air raid maps in effort to promote peace
by Nozomi Iwakiri
Former librarian Gen Yamazaki fixes his eyes on a map he found in the stack room at the National Diet Library in Tokyo in 1981. It shows Hachioji, a city on the outskirts of Tokyo, outlined in red. The 86-year-old Yamazaki knows the red markings indicate ...
Editorials Mar 15, 2015
The Great Tokyo Air Raid, carried out 70 years ago by U.S. Army Air Force bombers, was a major wartime atrocity that testifies to the great sufferings the Pacific War brought to Japanese civilians.
Commentary | COUNTERPOINT Dec 7, 2013
Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy that won't go away
by Jeff Kingston
Dec. 8 (Japan time) is the 72nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the infamous attack launched by Imperial Japanese forces against the United States that continues to reverberate in the popular imagination. Certainly, the 2,402 deaths made this raid unforgettable. So too the sunken and savaged ...