THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 28, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Donated bells, including one from Kakumeiji temple, far left, are shown en masse at a local school in 1942 in Shiga Prefecture. (Provided by Kakumeiji temple)
In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the slaughter to come. [Read More]
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