By MASAFUMI UEDA/ Staff Writer
August 29, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Teapots and “ekiben” boxed lunch containers used before and after World War II are on display at a special exhibition at the Railway Museum in Saitama’s Omiya Ward. One teapot is marked with the word “Omiya,” while there is a “daruma” doll-shaped lunch box from Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture. (Masafumi Ueda)
SAITAMA—Japan continued to operate its rail network even after Emperor Hirohito for the first time addressed his subjects through radio at noon on Aug. 15, 1945, to announce the nation’s surrender in World War II, documents show. [Read More]
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