Second world war
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Buried US second world war bomb explodes at Japanese airport
Unexpected blast at Miyazaki airport makes crater in taxiway and leads to grounding of 80 flights but no injur…
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FBI returns 22 looted artifacts to Japan after discovery in Massachusetts attic
Investigation of items that were stolen during the Okinawa battle began after family discovered them in late f…
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‘Then the black rain fell’: survivor’s recollections of Hiroshima inspire new film
The 230-page unpublished memoir will reflect the horrors suffered by ordinary Japanese citizens in a feature-l…
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Japan’s PM deplores ‘Russia’s nuclear threat’ on 78th anniversary of Hiroshima
Mayor of city where Little Boy atom bomb was dropped says nuclear deterrence is ‘folly’Japan’s prime minister …
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Oppenheimer and a truly terrible mistake | Letter
Michael Mears contrasts the film with his play, which puts the Japanese experience of the bombing front and ce…
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G7 leaders confront spectre of nuclear conflict on visit to Hiroshima memorial
At a ceremony opening the G7 summit in Japan, leaders laid wreaths and visited the museum commemorating the 19…
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Montevideo Maru: wreck of ship sunk in Australia’s worst maritime disaster found after 80 years
About 1,060 WWII prisoners died when the ship, which has now been found in the South China Sea, was sunk by an…
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Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel prize-winning Japanese writer, dies aged 88
Fiction and essays tackled subjects including militarism and nuclear disarmament, innocence and traumaKenzabur…
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Japan approves biggest military buildup since second world war amid China fears
US welcomes doubling of military spending but critics express unease over abandoning seven decades of pacifism…
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Hiroshima survivors plead for nuclear-free world as global tensions rise
Survivors of 1945 atomic bomb express deep concern amid bellicose rhetoric from Russia and North KoreaToshiyuk…
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The Japanese hunger striker demanding an end to US bases in Okinawa
As island prepares to mark 50 years since Okinawa was returned to Japanese sovereignty, Jinshiro Motoyama is i…
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‘We’re in danger of forgetting’: congressman’s warning 80 years after Japanese American incarceration
Congressman Mark Takano, whose family was forced into camps, calls for vigilance amid ‘nefarious nostalgia’Eig…
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Japan and South Korea in row over mines that used forced labour
Seoul furious at Japanese bid for Unesco listing for Sado gold mine complex, which used slave labour in the 19…
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Mystery of the second world war ‘trophy’ and the Royal Court founder
When George Devine’s family discovered a Japanese battle flag among his belongings, it led to a three-year que…
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Tokyo Rose review – fiery musical revolves around radio DJ’s fight for justice
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIva Toguri’s trial for treason, accused of broadcasting Japanese propaganda to Amer…
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Wife of a Spy review – wartime mystery thriller of double and triple dealing
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s old-fashioned drama delivers big performances and intriguing plot twistsKiyoshi Kurosawa ha…
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Soil to build new US airbase on Okinawa ‘contains remains of war dead’
Volunteers searching for the remains of those killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa demand Japan’s defence mini…
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Australia has never been good at acknowledging its troops have been guilty of acts of inhumanity | Paul Daley
Australia’s telling of the Pacific war story is correctly replete with Japanese atrocities. But crimes against…
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From the archive: Japan signs the terms of surrender – 3 September 1945
3 September 1945: With the signing on the USS Missouri, the second world war is now officially over. Full occu…
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Missing the point of VJ Day anniversary | Letter
Dr Neil Redfern on the shameful and jingoistic celebrations of the victory over JapanThe complacent (jingoisti…