VJ Day: A WW2 hero and a reckoning with Japan's past

The last Japanese soldier to formally surrender after the country's defeat in World War Two was Hiroo Onoda. Lieutenant Onoda finally handed over his sword on March 9th 1974. He had held out in the Philippine jungle for 29 years. In interviews and writings after his return to Japan, Lt Onoda said he had been unable to accept that Japan had capitulated. To many outsiders, Onoda looked like a fanati

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小野田寛郎に追悼を述べた安倍首相の報道官は小野田の戦争の無益さについては触れず、降伏して何年もたってから殺したフィリピンの村人たちのことも言及しなかった。その代わり彼は、小野田寛郎は日本の英雄だと述べ

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