Orphaned by a massive U.S. air raid on Tokyo in the late stages of World War II 80 years ago, Yoriko Suzuki had her life turned upside down.
¡°Many people had their lives ruined by a single war,¡± she said before her death at the age of 87 in June. ¡°War must never ever happen again.¡±
Suzuki was one of the many children who were orphaned by the war and left with no choice but to fend for themselves on the streets of Tokyo¡¯s Ueno district and other locations throughout the country.
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