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NHK WORLD - JAP...
2020-10-09
Bringing Closure, One Flag at a Timehttps://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20201008202516214/A Japanese woman and her American husband are returning long-lost relics of Japanese soldiers who d...
届けられた寄せ書き入りの日章旗...
2020-10-08
2020年10月6日付:中日新聞にてhttps://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/132602寄せ書き日章旗、遺族の元に揖斐川町の戦没者追悼式で太平洋戦争で戦地に向かう日本兵に贈られた寄せ書き入りの日章旗が五日、揖斐川町の戦没者遺族に届けられた。同町三輪の三輪神社であった戦没者追悼式典に合わせて返還され、関係者らが平和を守る思いを新たにした。旗の持ち主は、同町三輪のパート高...
Family and friends wrote their...
2020-09-23
"Returning relics to heal scars of war"They say time heals all wounds, but sometimes the healing can take decades. Seventy-five years after the end of World War Two, some people are still working to w...
New Episodes of OBON SOCIETY: ...
2020-09-04
Episode 16- September 1Erica Karmeisool: Generational trauma, passed down through a veteran family, is exposed when a granddaughter returns her grandfather’s war trophy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
NHK WORLD featu...
2020-09-03
Returning Relics to Heal Wounds of War: NHK WORLD- JAPAN NewsWorld War II may have ended 75 years ago but many of the emotional wounds remain. NHK World's Yotsumoto Jun reports on a project that aims ...
Charles Gower Neville, a Briti...
2020-09-02
Daily Astorian: Peace comes from within the heartWhen British Veteran, Charles Gower Neville contacted OBON SOCIETY, he was 99 years old! We spoke with him directly and he was very happy of this succe...
Daily Californian featured abo...
2020-08-31
Daily Californian- OBON SOCIETY: The radical act of empathyhttps://www.dailycal.org/2020/08/28/the-obon-society-empathy/
Good Luck Flag (Yosegaki Hinom...
2020-08-29
OBON SOCIETY had an interview and featured the radio and online versions of NPR news. Here is a link to the story:https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/tidying-past-pandemic-house-cleanings-produce-offer...
New Episodes of OBON SOCIETY: ...
2020-08-28
Episode 14- August 25Michele Simons: A WWII veteran's daughter explains the need to show respect to all families who send their sons off to war.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmYKBQwkzcYEpisode 15- A...
New Episodes of OBON SOCIETY: ...
2020-08-21
Episode 12- August 18Mary Kaeding: Local newspapers extolled the bravery of one veteran’s battlefield actions, however, his niece decides the war trophy should return to the family in Japan. https://w...