Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで

In this 2009 speech given by a central figure in the decades-long citizen's movement to remember and memorialize the Tokyo air raids, Saotome Katsumoto details his own experience of the March 10, 1945 firebombing of Japan's capital. He then situates the air raids on Tokyo within the conte...

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Main Author: Saotome Katsumoto
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2011-01-01
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description In this 2009 speech given by a central figure in the decades-long citizen's movement to remember and memorialize the Tokyo air raids, Saotome Katsumoto details his own experience of the March 10, 1945 firebombing of Japan's capital. He then situates the air raids on Tokyo within the context of twentieth century terror bombing campaigns and Japan's "Fifteen Year War" in Asia.
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Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで
Japan Focus
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo air raid
international law
aerial bombing
victim compensation
title Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで
title_full Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで
title_fullStr Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで
title_full_unstemmed Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで
title_short Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで
title_sort reconciliation and peace through remembering history preserving the memory of the great tokyo air raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで
topic Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo air raid
international law
aerial bombing
victim compensation
url http://www.japanfocus.org/articles/view/3472
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