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Tokyo was filled with charred corpses

Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation

More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese capital. The attack, made with conventional bombs, destroyed downtown Tokyo and filled the streets with heaps of charred bodies.

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‘Eerie’ sky, charred bodies: WWII survivors recall 1945 Tokyo firebombing that killed 100,000 — so why is it overshadowed by Hiroshima?

On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into

AFP on MSN · 11m

Survivors recall horror of Tokyo firebombing 80 years on

On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into a wasteland. At least 80,000 people died, according to Japanese and US historians.

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Hiroshima celebrates 50 years of Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains

A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line.

Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy

Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is ...

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Tokyo to invite stateless people born to Japanese in Philippines

TOKYO: The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals ...

The Japan Times3d

'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo's World War II firestorm

Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.

The Daily Telegraph9d

The truth about Hirohito’s fateful decision in the summer of 1945

Given the scale of the destruction and the tragic loss of innocent life, from 100,000 people killed in Tokyo during a single night’s bombing in March 1945 through to the horrors of Hiroshima and ...

Japan won't join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrence

TOKYO (AP) — Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in ...

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Air India announces Tokyo airport switch, enhanced codeshare with All Nippon

Air India has announced that it will be scaling up its direct non-stop services between Delhi and Tokyo for the northern ...

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Ex-Tokyo governor candidate faces criminal complaint over election law

A Japanese university professor on political funds said Tuesday that he has filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors ...

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After decades missing, Buddha statue to return to Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha ... taking up residence in places such as Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo. It was enshrined at the Daibutsuden hall of Sairenji temple, located on ...

Korea JoongAng Daily on MSN6h

North Korea urges Japan to apologize to Korean victims of 1945 Tokyo bombing

North Korea on Monday urged Japan to investigate and apologize to Korean victims killed in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in ...

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