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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday called for the swift restoration of a deleted section of a parliamentary record of a 1940 anti-military speech criticizing Japan's war with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/ishiba-anti-military-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #china #wwii #ldp

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Beneath Tokyo’s constant motion lie traces of another era. These “phantom” stations — once bustling gateways for commuters — now act as monuments to Japan’s prewar ambition and resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/history/tokyo-phantom-train-stations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #trains #tokyo #rail #wwii

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visited the Tokyo memorial hall on Thursday to mourn the victims of the U.S. military’s air raid on the Japanese capital during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/emperor-tokyo-air-raid-mourn/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #wwii #tokyoairraids #emperornaruhito #empressmasako #imperialfamily #princessaiko #wardead

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Japan’s imperial family mourns 1945 Tokyo air raid victims

Tokyo’s Sumida Ward memorial preserves the remains of some 105,000 people, including those who died in the massive air raid.
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@RegGuy@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

My dad was #Antifa and a #WWII #Marine.

He would be appalled at the attitudes of the #GOP today.

#NoKings !!!

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@RegGuy@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

My dad was #Antifa and a #WWII #Marine.

He would be appalled at the attitudes of the #GOP today.

#NoKings !!!

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi sent an offering to Yasukuni Shrine but is expected to avoid visiting for fear of angering Asian neighbors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/politics/takaichi-yasukuni-skip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #yasukunishrine #warcrimes #wwii

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Takaichi sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine but will not visit

Top Japanese leaders visiting the shrine also honoring convicted war criminals have infuriated China and South Korea in the past, and no prime minister has visited since 2013.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A concert held in Hiroshima featured for the first time the digitized sounds of a piano that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/piano-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #music #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #digitalization

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Digitized sounds unveiled of piano that survived atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Concerns about the aging piano's fragility prompted the creation of a project to make a digital recording of its 88 keys recorded at six volume levels.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba released a long-awaited personal statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II Friday, offering his own perspective on the outbreak of the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/ishiba-wwii-message/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #wwii #ldp

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The late Empress Kojun received lectures from academics and other experts that ranged from women's roles to World War II, according to official records of her life recently released. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/history/japan-empress-kojun-historical-records-lectures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #empresskojun #emperorshowa #wwii #shigetohozumi #imperialhouseholdagency #imperialfamily

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@Federation_Bot  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The full text of official records the Imperial Household Agency released regarding the 97-year life of the late Empress Kojun, Emperor Showa's wife, includes details of her experiences during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/history/japan-late-empress-kojun-life-published/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #empresskojun #emperorshowa #wwii #imperialhouseholdagency #imperialfamily

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of the ruling LDP, is considering skipping a visit to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its autumn festival, ahead of Japan's busy diplomatic schedule later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/takaichi-may-skip-yasukuni-shrine-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #yasukunishrine #wwii #china #southkorea #us

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Victims of atomic bombings and nuclear tests gathered in Hiroshima to discuss eliminating nuclear damage, 80 years after the atomic bombings of the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/nuclear-victims-forum-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #hiroshima

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

The idea of a husband working while supported by a full-time housewife, or the "Showa Model," continues on in Japanese society, with a survey showing women still do the lion's share of household chores. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/japan-old-gender-roles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #women039sissues #showa #wwii #reiwa #genderequality

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Lingering ‘Showa Model’ gender roles keep women sidelined

The idea of husbands working while women stay home goes back to the prewar Civil Code, which stated that women were subordinates who required their husband’s permission to work.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

A delegation of Japanese who were abandoned in China after the end of World War II and later came back to Japan visited China in what would likely be their last trip due to their advanced ages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/ex-japanese-war-orphans-visit-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #wwii

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Japanese war orphans make what is likely their final trip to China

This is expected to be their last large-scale visit to China as the war orphans have grown older 80 years after the end of the war.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Hoping to convey the horrors of war, a former resident of Tinian in the Mariana Islands is passing on the tragedy of his father killing his younger sisters during a mass suicide after U.S. forces landed in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/japan/history/wwii-tinian-mass-suicide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #marianaislands #hisaoito

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World War II survivor bears witness to family tragedy in Tinian mass suicide

Eighty-one years after the mass suicide, the memory of his father killing two of his sisters remains lodged in the survivor's mind, yet he holds no grudge against his father.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is preparing to release a statement outlining his views on World War II after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Oct. 4 leadership election, according to government officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/japan/politics/wwll-message-ldp-race-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #wwii #un #history

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

His memories are hazy, but for 95-year-old Hidetada Yoshida, the decadeslong pain in his right arm serves as a reminder of his experience mining for ores including uranium during the closing days of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/95-year-old-speaks-of-wartime-uranium-mining-fukushima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #fukushima #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #mining

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Memories of man's WWII mining experience are hazy, but pain persists

As a student mobilized to mine ores, Hidetada Yoshida, now 95, suffered an injury so severe it still wakes him at night.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

She left Lima with a Japanese surname, but in Japan she was still treated as a foreigner. Sandra Takayama’s journey captures the challenges — and resilience — of the Peruvian Nikkei community. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/09/22/our-lives/japan-peru-history-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #peru #wwii #nikkei #perujapanrelations

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Russia's invasion of Ukraine takes Yasuhiko Ito back to after World War II, when the former Soviet Union took him — a disarmed soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army — to what is now Bakhmut for forced labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/history/japanese-internee-in-ukraine-after-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #russia #ukraine #forcedlabor #imperialjapanesearmy

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Former Japanese internee in Ukraine pained by Russian invasion

After World War II, Yasuhiko Ito was taken as a disarmed soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army by the former Soviet Union to Ukraine for forced labor.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The U.S. says China is intentionally mischaracterizing World War II-era documents to put pressure on and isolate Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-wwii-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #us #wwii

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