At just 8 years old, Hajime Sakata traveled more than 500 kilometers south across the Korean Peninsula with his family for them to return to Japan after the end of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/japanese-man-wwii-korean-peninsula-escape/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #northkorea #southkorea