Posted on 15 March 2015. Tags: again, bombing, down, fears, FIRE, Japan, road, Starting, survivor, Tokyo
Tokyo fire bombing survivor fears Japan starting down road to war again The U.S. bombing after midnight on March 10, 1945, annihilated a wide swathe of northeastern Tokyo, packed with small factories and houses made of wood and paper. An estimated 100,000 people were killed, many of them women and children – a toll … Full […]
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Posted on 12 March 2015. Tags: bombing, Bridge, Lives, Lost, memory, saved, Tokyo, Under, WWII
WWII memory: Lives lost, saved under Tokyo bridge in bombing In this March 6, 2015 photo, Michiko Kiyo-oka, 91, stands at riverside of Sumida river near the Asakusa district in Tokyo. Kiyo-oka, a city government worker and daughter of traditional entertainers, ran with her parents and sister toward the Sumida … Full News here – […]
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Posted on 12 March 2015. Tags: bombing, Bridge, Lives, Lost, memory, saved, Tokyo, Under, WWII
WWII memory: Lives lost, saved under Tokyo bridge in bombing In this March 6, 2015 photo, Michiko Kiyo-oka, 91, stands at the riverside of Sumida river near the Asakusa district in Tokyo. Kiyo-oka, a city government worker and daughter of traditional entertainers, ran with her parents and sister toward the … Full News here – […]
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Posted on 09 August 2013. Tags: 68th, Anniversary, atomic, bombing, Marks, Nagasaki
Nagasaki marks 68th anniversary of atomic bombing TOKYO — Nagasaki’s mayor criticized Japan’s government for a lack of effort on international nuclear disarmament as the country marked the 68th anniversary Friday of the atomic bombing on the city. Mayor Tomihisa Taue said Tokyo’s refusal in April to … Full News here – Read more on […]
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