Hong Kong’s darkest days of Japanese invasion, cannibalism, POW camps and heroism
PostMag writer Jason Wordie looks back at the harrowing history of Hong Kong during World War II under Japanese occupation ...
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Occupation of Japan and the New Constitution
From the very beginning, it was clear that a primary objective of the occupation of Japan would be, as the Potsdam Declaration put it, "a peacefully inclined and responsible government" based on ...
Death sentence for Chinese knife attacker who stabbed Japanese mother, child
A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and ...
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Rare map shows what Tokyo was like in 1947 under U.S. occupation
Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward has reproduced a rare map from 1947 that shows how the postwar U.S. occupation of Japan had dominated and sprawled across the places locals walk past every day. It proved to ...
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Constitutional Change in Japan
For over seventy years, Japan’s constitution has remained untouched, a symbol of a reformed nation and a democratic society. Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World War II ...
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Japan’s departing Kishida sends signal to successor with South Korea summit
The South Koreans hope for conciliatory comments from Kishida about Koreans forced to work for Japan during its occupation, but even without these the visit could help to keep “shuttle diplomacy ...
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Civilians on Okinawa
The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the crucial final stepping stone for the Americans. For the Japanese, it would be the first time ...