Japan’s World War II Orphans Tell Their Inspiring Tales Of Resilience And Recovery
Highlighting A System That Failed
Rikkyo University historian Haruo Asai, who is also a war orphan expert, says that the stories highlight a system that failed. Japan didn’t respect human rights during and post-war, and U.S. forces equally turned a blind eye to the situation during their seven-year stay.
Over 2,500 children related to the Imperial Army soldiers, farmers, and Manchurian railway staff ended up orphaned or displaced by the war. They were part of the estimated 400K Japanese families that had emigrated to the northern part of China when Japan had established a wartime state in the region.
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