For Hiroyoshi Takizawa, life in Manchuria was comfortable for a while. But when the Soviet's invaded, his father, fearing the worst, chose mass suicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/japan-wwii-manchuria-pioneers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #manchuria #china #russia

An 87-year-old Japanese woman has been advocating the importance of peace by recounting her harrowing return to Japan from former Manchuria, now northeastern China, through a "kamishibai" picture story show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/manchuria-experience-story/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #manchuria #china #wwii #sovietunion