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Category: World War II

October 21, 2018June 3, 2019 Clark Parker

Was Tokyo bombed in WW2?

November 2, 2016June 4, 2019 Clark Parker

Old Ryogoku Kokugikan 旧両国国技館

July 5, 2016February 10, 2019 Clark Parker

How to spot a…Jap???

May 2, 2016May 27, 2019 Clark Parker

Bombing Nagasaki: the scrapbook

April 8, 2016June 4, 2019 Clark Parker

God, love, and war: Hiroshima, Atsugi, Yokohama (not necessarily in that order)

January 15, 2016September 4, 2018 Clark Parker

Prison camps and speedboat races 大森捕虜収容所

December 12, 2015May 26, 2018 Clark Parker

“A legend or was it?” 死闘の伝説 (1963) Kinoshita’s film of war

November 10, 2015May 12, 2019 Clark Parker

Made in Occupied Japan: Eikeisha clock (1947-1952)

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Earthquake intensity scale (earthquakes in Japan)
Hypnotized by Pythagora's switch
Scenes from: An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 秋刀魚の味
Thus Another Day in 1959 Tokyo
Putting the wheels on my first errand: はじめてのおつかい Hajimete no otsukai

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