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World War II ended 70 years ago – while the forgotten ‘death railway’ was completed
One ceremony on V J Day announced that the Sumatra railway had been completed, the construction of which had cost more than 80,000 lived and that 70 years later is still a little known story.
The deep influence of the A-bomb on anime and manga
In the wake of the atomic bombs, a number of Japanese animators would question mankind's relationship with technology.
Japan government continues to deny responsibility for sex slavery
In 1943, during the height of World War II, fifteen-year-old Liu Mianhuan was tied up and taken away by Imperial Japanese troops from her village in Yu County, Shanxi Province, China. She was confined…
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