Adam Jonas Horowitz, an American from New Mexico, published an open letter in Counterpunch on April 24, 2019 just before the retirement of Emperor Akihito, the son of Emperor Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan during WWII.  In his letter, he requested that Emperor Akihito should apologize before retiring at the end of that month. He said that apologizing in this case is not losing face, but is in fact the opposite.  It is saving face, and providing an example of responsibility, grace, and courage that will provide peace for not only the victims of the Pacific War, but for the entire world.” Click here to read his entire letter.

This massive (1,717 pages) pdf document was compiled by Greg Bradsher at the U.S, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at College Park, Maryland. It contains vast amounts of information related to military, intelligence, political, diplomatic, economic, financial, social, and cultural activities in the Far East during 1931-1951, as well as information regarding Allied prisoners of war; the organization, functions, and activities of American Allied agencies; and the Japanese occupation of countries and the American occupation of Japan.

The existence of a detailed report documenting how chemical weapons were used by the Imperial Japanese Army in China has been confirmed for the first time, a Japanese historian said Sunday. Click here for the whole article from The Japan Times.