Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation
TOKYO (AP) — More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the ...
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy
Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is ...
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'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo WWII firestorm
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
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Tokyo to invite stateless people born to Japanese in Philippines
TOKYO: The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals ...
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‘Eerie’ sky, charred bodies: WWII survivors recall 1945 Tokyo firebombing that killed 100,000 — so why is it overshadowed by Hiroshima?
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...
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'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo's World War II firestorm
Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.
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Where in Japan are Eli and Adric?
Michael Elizondo is leaving for Japan. Here’s how you can follow along at True Blue LA before and during the Tokyo Series.
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The truth about Hirohito’s fateful decision in the summer of 1945
Given the scale of the destruction and the tragic loss of innocent life, from 100,000 people killed in Tokyo during a single night’s bombing in March 1945 through to the horrors of Hiroshima and ...
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Air India announces Tokyo airport switch, enhanced codeshare with All Nippon
Air India has announced that it will be scaling up its direct non-stop services between Delhi and Tokyo for the northern ...
Ex-Tokyo governor candidate faces criminal complaint over election law
A Japanese university professor on political funds said Tuesday that he has filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors ...
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After decades missing, Buddha statue to return to Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha ... taking up residence in places such as Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo. It was enshrined at the Daibutsuden hall of Sairenji temple, located on ...