THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 22, 2020 at 18:58 JST
Katsuko Yasumoto, a survivor of the Battle of Okinawa, at a gathering of senior citizens last year (Provided by Yoshino Tamaki)
NAHA--For decades after the ferocious 1945 Battle of Okinawa, Katsuko Yasumoto freely shared her experiences of the carnage, but always held back on one particularly painful detail: atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers against their own countrymen. [Read More]
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