Activity Report
2018.09.10
Visiting Japanese cemeteries in Irkutsk
Kanako Tokino
School of General Education, Kanazawa University
Cultural Exchange Program
Far Eastern Federal University, Irkutsk State University
We went to Japanese cemeteries and cenotaphs on August 15th which is the anniversary of the end of World War II.
In 1945, Japanese officers and men were sent to Russia and did forced labor. They had forced labor for 1~10 year in the deepest winter and starved hunger. In addition, about 65,000 people died. There are their cemeteries and cenotaphs in various part of Russia.
We pray silently for them and mourned in the front of tomb. We should remember their death as fact of history.