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Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation

  • Over 100,000 people died in a single night due to the US firebombing of Tokyo 80 years ago.
  • Elderly survivors are seeking financial help and recognition for their suffering, stating their stories have been ignored.
  • Japanese courts have rejected compensation demands, declaring citizens must endure suffering during wartime emergencies.
  • A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to introduce a bill to compensate some civilian victims during the current Diet session.
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80 Years Ago, US Firebombing Killed 105K in Tokyo

More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the US firebombing of Tokyo. The attack, made with conventional bombs, destroyed downtown Tokyo and filled the streets with heaps of charred bodies. The damage was comparable to the atomic bombings a few months...

·Miami, United States
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Japan TodayJapan Today

Survivors of Tokyo firebombing 80 years ago want compensation from Japanese gov't

More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese capital. The attack, made with conventional bombs, destroyed downtown Tokyo and filled the streets with heaps of charred bodies. The damage was comparable to the atomic bombings a…

·Sakado, Japan
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Tokyo Was Filled with Charred Corpses After US Firebombing 80 Years Ago. Survivors Want Compensation

Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the Japanese capital

·San Francisco, United States
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Tokyo marks 80th anniversary of US air raids in WWII

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo on Monday marked the 80th anniversary of a night of U.S. air raids during World War II that killed around 100,000 people amid c

·Chiyoda, Japan
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Tokyo marks 80th anniversary of U.S. firebombing that killed 100,000 in a single night

Elderly survivors of a U.S. firebombing in Tokyo that killed more than 100,000 people in one night during World War II are pushing for recognition of the largely forgotten attack.

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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.

·Japan
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