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“We Were Deceived by Emperor Hirohito”

Mitsuhiro Tanaka disclosed his account of ianfu in Indonesia and his regret for his involvement in the Pacific War.

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The coronation of Emperor Hirohito in 1928. (Wikimedia Commons).

24 Jul 2023
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IN a war, no one wins. War doesn't only inflict suffering to those who are attacked. In some cases, the aggressors can be the indirect victims of the hidden political agenda of the ruler.


While still living in Japan, Mitsuhiro Tanaka worked as a woodcutter. After being drafted, he was trained in Manchuria, China, at the age of 20, before being assigned as a warship machinist in Indonesia. 


When Japan lost the war, Tanaka came to Magelang and subsequently decided to live there and marry a Chinese woman. Tanaka reasoned that at that time, there were no more ships carrying prisoners of war, and even if he insisted on returning home, he was sure he would be killed by the Allies.

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