Soviet troops told them they were going to be sent home to Japan. But somewhere along the four-day journey, it became apparent they were heading north towards Siberia. Nishikura, age 20 "I can ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made it difficult for the Japanese government to collect the remains of Japanese detainees who died in Siberia after World War II. Around 54,000 Japanese lost ...
Bewick's swans that wintered in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture, have begun their long journey north, heading back to their ...
while those captured Japanese soldiers were interned in Siberia and many didn’t return home until 1950.... Since the end of the Second World War seventy-five years ago, the Kuril Islands have ...
In a recent interview with The Asahi Shimbun, the Siberian native, who goes by the stage mononym Jenya, recounted how she learned Japanese, the language in which she works, during her headlong ...