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TOKYO AIR RAIDS

A general meeting of the suprapartisan group of lawmakers on air raid victims held Monday in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2026
Lawmakers plan bill to provide aid to civilian victims of World War II
Submission of the bill to parliament will be the first such move in 38 years.
A memorial service for victims of the Tokyo air raid takes place in front of a monument at Kaneiji, a Buddhist temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2026
Memorial event held to mark 81st anniversary of Tokyo air raid
The massive U.S. air raid during World War II is believed to have killed about 100,000 people.
Setsuko Kawai, a member of a group seeking state relief for civilian victims of U.S. air raids during World War II, participates in a rally outside the parliament building in Tokyo on Dec. 4.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 28, 2025
Japanese group resolved to seek air raid damage relief
In lawsuits on air raid damage, all petitions by victims seeking compensation from the government have been dismissed.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko meet with a family member of a victim of the Tokyo air raids on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2025
Â鶹´«Ã½ imperial family mourns 1945 Tokyo air raid victims
Tokyo¡¯s Sumida Ward memorial preserves the remains of some 105,000 people, including those who died in the massive air raid.
Police round up war orphans in an underpass in Ueno, Tokyo, in a file photo taken in February 1948.
JAPAN / History
Aug 28, 2025
Never again, says woman orphaned by Tokyo air raid during World War II
Yoriko Suzuki, who died at the age of 87 in June, lamented about how her life and those of many others were turned upside down by the war.
Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
JAPAN / History / Longform
Aug 22, 2025
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor¡¯s account of Tokyo¡¯s postwar past
One man¡¯s experience traces the capital¡¯s arc from wartime devastation to modern megacity in a story of resilience and reinvention.
Setsuko Kawai, who lost her mother and two younger brothers in the March 1945 bombing, has fought for recognition of the victims.
JAPAN / History / FOCUS
Aug 14, 2025
Civilian air raid survivors fight for recognition 80 years after war¡¯s end
After drafting a bill to provide concrete relief to survivors this spring, a bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to submit it to parliament days before the session¡¯s closure.
A survivor of the Tokyo air raids in 1945 points to a map showing burned areas of central Tokyo in red after the bombing, during an interview in the city in March 2015.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2025
LDP to put off WWII air raid relief bill
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is believed to be concerned that it could lead to other compensation-related issues.
Protesters march in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district Saturday, demanding relief for those who suffered during World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2025
Protesters march for WWII relief for civilians and others who were overlooked
Participants accuse the government of discriminating against civilian victims and people from the former Japanese colonies when it comes to state compensation for war damage.
A university student reads out the names of victims of U.S. air raids on Tokyo during World War II, during a memorial ceremony held in the capital on Thursday.
JAPAN / History
Mar 21, 2025
Names of Tokyo air raid victims read out in ceremony
About 80 people spent about five hours reading out the names of 4,138 victims.
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko attend a memorial service in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Monday to mourn the estimated 100,000 victims of the U.S. military's air raid on Tokyo 80 years ago.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2025
Crown Prince Akishino joins in mourning victims of the 1945 Tokyo air raid
An estimated 100,000 people died on March 10, 1945, after about 300 U.S. B-29 bombers dropped bombs on Tokyo.
Shizuko Nishio ¡ª who will turn 86 on March 10, when Japan will commemorate 80 years after the bombing of Tokyo ¡ª gives an explanation in February in front of a map showing the areas that were burned in the air raids.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2025
¡®Eerie¡¯ sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo¡¯s World War II firestorm
Because of the atomic bombings and Â鶹´«Ã½ surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.
Police inspect the site where what appeared to be an unexploded bomb was found on Friday in Tokyo's Kita Ward.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2024
Possible dud shell found in residential area of Tokyo
Around 4:20 p.m. Friday, police received a call reporting that there is something that appears to be a dud shell at a construction site in the capital¡¯s Kita Ward.
A war survivor details vivid recollections of World War II in footage never before made public. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has released parts of a collection of interviews with over 300 war survivors for public viewing this month.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 8, 2024
Witness accounts recall 1945 firebombing of Tokyo
The Tokyo government is screening a collection of interviews of survivors for the first time to serve as a reminder of the destruction of war.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2023
Victims remembered 78 years on from devastating U.S. air raid on Tokyo
Among the roughly 100 attendees at the memorial service in Suginami Ward were the surviving relatives of the victims, alongside Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and the Crown Prince and Princess.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 10, 2023
Elderly survivors fight to preserve memory of Tokyo firebombing in ¡®Paper City¡¯
In his documentary, Australian filmmaker Adrian Francis explores the collective amnesia surrounding the wartime firebombings of Â鶹´«Ã½ capital.
JAPAN / History
Oct 4, 2022
Tokyo to digitize material related to March 1945 air raids
The government will create a digital database of videotaped testimonies from those who experienced the airstrikes and personal belongings of victims that have not been publicly shown.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 12, 2021
When a WWII bombardier found his humanity
When we talked that day, I learned much about my friend¡¯s actions during the war ¡ª conduct that made me admire him even more than I did before.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 2, 2020
Japan Times 1945: Tokyo hit by second major air raid
A bombing raid on Tokyo by U.S. aircraft during World War II disrupts distribution networks of Nippon Times.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2020
The March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo and the immorality of war
The U.S. attack on Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945, reinforces the reality that it usually is the civilians who suffer the most from the horrors of war.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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