TOKYO — A former Japanese army pilot who helped train the infamous kamikaze — flyers who deliberately crashed into their targets — is still telling his story 80 years after the end of World War II, in ...
The estimated 4,000 kamikaze — or "divine wind" — pilots were named after a legendary typhoon that foiled the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan's invasion of Japan in 1281. Chiran museum officials say as ...
On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied powers. Among many nationalistic Japanese, ...
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Last Flight of a Japanese Kamikaze Pilot
In the final days of World War II, kamikaze pilots carried out desperate missions meant to halt Allied advances. Each pilot’s last flight began with solemn ceremonies, letters home, and a one-way ...
TOKYO (AP) — Genshitsu Sen, a former Kamikaze pilot trainee who later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ceremony, has died, officials said Thursday. He was 102. Sen had been ...
TOKYO (AP) — Genshitsu Sen, a former Kamikaze pilot trainee who later promoted peace as a grand master of the Japanese tea ceremony, has died, officials said Thursday. He was 102. Sen had been ...
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