A Japanese group remains resolved to seek state relief for civilians who sustained injuries and other damage from U.S. air raids during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/japan/japan-wwii-air-raid-damage-relief-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #tokyoairraids #ldp #sanaetakaichi #katsueihirasawa #setagaya
Emperor Emeritus Akihito, the father of Emperor Naruhito, turned 92 on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/japan-emperor-emeritus-turns-92/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #emperoremeritusakihito #imperialfamily #wwii
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visited a special photo exhibition on Sunday focusing on Tokyo during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/japan-emperor-wwii-photo-exhibit-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #emperornaruhito #empressmasako #princessaiko #wwii #exhibitions #photography
The remains of a victim of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima have been identified using the first DNA testing of preserved hair. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/japan/hiroshima-a-bomb-victim-dna-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii
China held a low-key memorial ceremony on Saturday for the 1937 Nanking Massacre, with President Xi Jinping not attending, despite a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Tokyo over Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/japan/nanking-massacre-anniversary-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #wwii #history #xijinping #sanaetakaichi
With its clever bait-and-switch, “Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise” uses cute animation to draw viewers into a war film more disturbing than most live-action ones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/11/film/peleliu-guernica-of-paradise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #anime #wwii #gorokuji
Royal Engineers Museum seeks duplicates of valuable D-Day files lost in van theft.
Almost 2,000 technical documents relating to Mulberry Harbours destroyed in criminal incident
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/12/royal-engineers-museum-seeks-duplicates-of-valuable-d-day-files-lost-in-van-theft/# #globalmuseum #museums #WWII
In the final stages of World War II, as Japan braced for desperate fighting on its main islands and prepared to mobilize civilians for combat, a laboratory manufactured weapons for guerrilla warfare. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/guerrilla-weapons-display/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #kawasaki #kanagawa #chemicalweapons #biologicalweapons #museums
Empress Masako turned 62 on Tuesday with reinforced hopes for lasting peace as she reflected on her visits this year to places associated with World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/empress-masako-birthday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #empressmasako #imperialfamily #mongolia #wwii #atomicbombings #2025osakaexpo #earthquakes #health
"Now, once again, democracy is under attack by those who believe some people are better than others."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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"But as the impulse of WWII pushed Americans toward a more just and inclusive society after it, those determined not to share power warned their supporters that including people of color and women as equals in society would threaten their own liberty. Those reactionary leaders rode that fear into control of our government, and gradually they chipped away the laws that protected equality."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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"Among the many ethnic groups who fought, Indigenous Americans served at a higher percentage than any other ethnic group—more than a third of able-bodied Indigenous men between the ages of 18 and 50 joined the service—and among those 25,000 soldiers were the men who developed the famous 'Code Talk,' based in tribal languages, that codebreakers never cracked."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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"It describes the European Union as an adversary whose unity must be undermined. It celebrates the rise of 'patriotic European parties,' the euphemism used for the far-right, anti-immigrant movements aligned with Putin and championed by figures like Marine Le Pen."
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #Russia #NATO #WhiteSupremacy #racism #GreatReplacement
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"America fought World War II to defend democracy from fascism. And while fascism preserved hierarchies in society, democracy called on all men as equals. Of the more than 16 million Americans who served in the war, more than 1.2 million were Black American men and women, 500,000 were Latinos, and more than 550,000 Jews were part of the military."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #NationalSecurity #Europe #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PearlHarbor #WWII #fascism
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The Japanese Embassy in China has issued a safety advisory ahead of next week's anniversary of "the Nanking Incident," or Nanjing Massacre, which it said is considered particularly sensitive. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/japan/politics/japan-china-nanking-massacre-advisory/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #history #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #wwii
In August, for the first time, over half of participants at the Japan's national memorial service for those who died in World War II were born after it ended, highlighting the urgent need to hand down wartime memories. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/society/war-memories-legacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #internalaffairsministry #atomicbombings #aging #mhlw
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to realize the early restart of visits to graves on Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands by former Japanese residents of the islets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/politics/takaichi-grave-visits-restart-northern-territories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #hokkaido #russia #russiajapanrelations #northernterritories #sovietunion #wwii
For his book, the “Star Trek” actor draws on personal experiences, as he was one of many Japanese Americans to be imprisoned in internment camps in the U.S. during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/26/books/george-takei-book-japanese-translation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #georgetakei #wwii #startrek #translation
A resident of Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, has translated into English and published her late grandfather’s notes recounting his experience as a student soldier serving in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/society/english-book-student-soldier/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #books #aichi #sovietunion #imperialjapanesearmy
Greg Lloyd
boosted
The #USCG will no longer classify the #swastika, an emblem of #fascism & #WhiteSupremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of #Jews & that more than 400k US #troops died fighting against in #WWII, as a #hate symbol, acc/to a new policy that takes effect next month.
Instead, the #CoastGuard will classify the #Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive” under its new guidelines.