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The Remembered and the Forgotten: Slighting the firebombing victims of Japan's Pacific War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Hanai Kiroku
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This summer I saw three Japanese movies – two documentaries and a feature – depicting the plight of World War II victims.

“Hito no Ishibumi (Human Monument)” is about the battle of a woman who, having lost an eye in a U.S. air raid, demanded enactment of a law to compensate ordinary citizens for war-related injury and damage.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , e16
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