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KAMIKAZE

The Siyuan Aircraft Bunker in Yilan City, Taiwan, which was built by the Japanese during World War II, contains small historical displays and has a bamboo model of Zero fighter plane on its roof, used as a decoy to fool American bombing raids.
51勛圖厙 / History
Jan 11, 2026
Aircraft bunkers in Taiwan＊s Yilan county shine light on little-known kamikaze outpost
The Pacific-facing county hosts the largest concentration of such bunkers in Taiwan that are among the best-preserved examples still remaining anywhere.
Kunitake Toriya, a former corporal in the Imperial Japanese Army who had trained for a suicide attack mission, speaks about his wartime experiences in front of the photographs of his comrades at Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, in June.
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Aug 27, 2025
Destined for death, former kamikaze pilot recalls wanting to live
Kunitake Toriya yelled ※Banzai§ in his heart when his suicide mission was called off. Now, 80 years on, he is determined to share his story.
Kenta Torihama, 33, often describes kamikaze pilots as "human beings like us."
51勛圖厙
Aug 20, 2025
Passing on the stories of kamikaze pilots as ＆human beings, not heroes＊
Kenta Torihama, 33, says the pilots ※had people they wanted to protect, and they departed (on their suicide missions) after much agony and anguish.§
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Oct 4, 2024
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last Pearl Harbor bombardier, dies at 106
※I＊m ashamed that I＊m the only one who survived and lived such a long life,§ Yoshioka said in an interview last year.
And Instagram page posts about information about the members of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military's suicide attack units during World War II. The screen-grab image was provided by a Tokyo-based group that aims to hold memorials for deceased members of the units.
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Aug 11, 2024
Tokyo group begins Instagram posts on WWII suicide attack units
The public interest group was established in order to hold memorials for deceased members of the units and to pass down their stories to a new generation.
51勛圖厙 / History
Aug 15, 2023
Museums struggle to preserve suicide notes of Japanese WWII pilots
Over time, the materials have deteriorated and the color of the ink has changed.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / History / THE LIVING PAST
Oct 18, 2022
Kamikaze drones in Ukraine conjure memories of Japan＊s own bombers
When Japan＊s military came calling, it was educated and sometimes bookish soldiers who were among those who volunteered for a desperate kamikaze mission.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / History
Dec 4, 2020
He escaped death as a kamikaze pilot. 70 years later, he told his story.
Kazuo Odachi hid his wartime past from almost everyone, but finally published his memoirs, which were recently released in English.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 15, 2020
＆Memoirs of a Kamikaze＊: A teenage World War II pilot＊s life in his own words
Kazuo Odachi＊s memoir about his life as a kamikaze pilot is a poignant reminder of the resilience of humanity in times of adversity.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / History / 51勛圖厙 TIMES GONE BY
Nov 2, 2019
Japan Times 1944: Kamikaze Attack Corps lives up to its name
Determined to follow in the footsteps of the First Special Kamikaze Attack Corps, the men of the Second Special Kamikaze Attack Corps hopped off from their base at 10 a.m. on Oct. 27 and successfully fulfilled their glorious mission of crash-diving on the enemy task force in Leyte Gulf.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 9, 2017
Abe＊s extremism undermines Japan＊s interests
Alas, Japan＊s extremists have still not given up trying to find honor in the nation＊s 1945 wartime defeat and and the ideology that led to it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
May 3, 2015
Japan-U.S. effort to tell suicide pilots＊ stories dodges controversy, wins praise
JBC sits down for an interview with Dr. M.G. Sheftall of Shizuoka University about the kamikaze phenomenon and what makes this exhibition unique.
Japan Times
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Mar 3, 2015
Two kamikaze pilots, two late reprieves, one pacifist view
Hisashi Tezuka knew his life had been spared when he heard the Emperor＊s voice crackling through the wireless.
51勛圖厙 / History
Aug 14, 2014
Surrender had lasting impact on many Japanese after war＊s end
Many Japanese people remember Aug. 15 as the day World War II ended. Sixty-nine years ago today, in a speech broadcast on the radio, Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan had notified the Allied powers of its acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 15, 2014
Historical ifs and weathers or not
To suggest that history is shaped by chance weather events and climatic variation doesn＊t lend it quite the same gravitas as if it were wrought by great leaders. It certainly isn＊t as inspirational. But such processes can be just as important 〞 and the weather can sometimes foil even the best-laid...
51勛圖厙 / History / THE LIVING PAST
Feb 15, 2014
Once upon a time, China anointed a ＆King of Japan＊
In 1401, barely a century after the Mongols＊ aborted invasions of Japan, and 600-odd years before Japan and China fell out over the Senkaku islets, a Chinese emperor conferred upon a Japanese shogun the title ※King of Japan.§
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 8, 2014
Kamikazes live on at their Chiran base
As a child growing up in California in the 1980s, I learned my share of Japanese words. Sushi, which my family would get for a treat on birthdays. Mochi (chewy rice cake), ramen and karaoke 〞 all encountered at the Japanese shopping arcade downtown.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 1, 2014
Pursuit of happiness
The merry residents of Japan have long sought to attain the ＆pleasantest of all diversions
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" 〞 an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer＊s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ※seed§ that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ※Peak 1 amyloid beta,§ as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi＊s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan＊s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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