Tuesday, October 9, 2007 2:53 am |
Suicide issue heats up in Okinawa
Incensed by the government’s decision to expunge descriptions in school textbooks of the army’s involvement in wartime mass civilian suicides in Okinawa, survivors are coming forward with tales of Japanese soldiers encouraging islanders to take their lives.
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