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
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
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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.
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.
A set of unclaimed remains placed in the vault under the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima will undergo DNA profiling to identify the individual. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/japan/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-dna-testing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #genetics #wwii
Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥
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Anna Leska #Polish pilot: gliders balloons aeroplanes. #WWII 1939 flew RWD-13 plane out of Warsaw in air raid. Polish aircraft had been hidden in the surrounding forests to protect the fleet from attack, instructed to take off without warming up engine. Escaped via Romania & France to UK. 1941 1st Polish woman Air Transport Auxiliary pilot b. #OTD 14 Nov 1910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Leska @CarveHerName
Anna Leska #Polish pilot: gliders balloons aeroplanes. #WWII 1939 flew RWD-13 plane out of Warsaw in air raid. Polish aircraft had been hidden in the surrounding forests to protect the fleet from attack, instructed to take off without warming up engine. Escaped via Romania & France to UK. 1941 1st Polish woman Air Transport Auxiliary pilot b. #OTD 14 Nov 1910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Leska @CarveHerName
Family courts in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture have rejected claims for Japanese citizenship filed by four Japanese descendants living in the Philippines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/philippines-citizenship-denied/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nationality #philippines #philippinesjapanrelations #humanrights #wwii
While support for Japan's nuclear-weapons abolitionist groups is increasing, the average age of hibakusha has exceeded 86. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/nihon-hidankyo-nobel-peace-prize-one-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nihonhidankyo #nobelpeaceprize #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #nuclearweapons
Terence Eden
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🆕 blog! “Book Review: The Battle of the Beams by Tom Whipple”
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Well this is a treat! It is rare to find a pop-science book which does such a good job of actually explaining the science, rather than just using it as a background for storytelling. The Battle of Beams doesn't go too deep into the mechanics and physics, but gives a general overview with…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-the-battle-of-the-beams-by-tom-whipple/
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#BookReview #history #WWII
🆕 blog! “Book Review: The Battle of the Beams by Tom Whipple”
★★★★★
Well this is a treat! It is rare to find a pop-science book which does such a good job of actually explaining the science, rather than just using it as a background for storytelling. The Battle of Beams doesn't go too deep into the mechanics and physics, but gives a general overview with…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-the-battle-of-the-beams-by-tom-whipple/
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#BookReview #history #WWII
Eighty years on from the end of World War II, one woman has decided to share how her family managed to escape a U.S. air raid in Sendai, wishing to leave behind a record of her experience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/history/wwii-us-air-raid-sendai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #sendai #tohoku #usmilitary
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday that he was not concerned about the future of his country’s ties with Japan, following a meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi earlier in the week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/politics/south-korea-lee-japan-takaichi-worries-vanished/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #leejaemyung #history #wwii #sanaetakaichi
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
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