Prefecture: Ōsaka
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Lisa Yu
B15C, Lisa Yu ‘86, Yu Aishi, Mother, 1930, Ōsaka, Okayama My mother, Yu Aishi, experienced her young adulthood during World War II. She was living in Ōsaka at first, but moved to Okayama because of the destruction. I asked her about her memories in May 1985. Q: How old were you during World War II?…
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Mayu Kaneko
W02, Mayu Kaneko ‘22, Masako Kaneko, Grandmother, 1937, Ōsaka I interviewed my grandmother over the phone on Saturday, November 7th, 2020, at around 9 pm. She is currently 83 years old, and she was in Grade 3 at the end of the Second World War. Grandmother (G): It’s been decades since the end of World…
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Yurika Yo
M04C, Yurika Yo ‘06, Yo (Yu) Aiko, Grandmother, 1929, Ōsaka, Hyōgo, China I interviewed my paternal grandmother, who survived World War II. Her name is Yo (originally Yu) Aiko, and she is 73 years old. Her parents were immigrants from China, and my grandmother was born in Kōbe. She went to a Chinese elementary school…
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Yū (You) Tone
V03, Yū (You) Tone ‘21, Noboru Ōfuka, Great-uncle, 1942, Yamaguchi, Ōsaka My great-uncle was born in 1942, just after war broke out between Japan and the United States. In November 2019, I asked him about his childhood. Q: What kind of school days did you spend during and after the war? A: It was a…
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Mariko Kōda
L08, Mariko Kōda ‘04, Grandmother, 1929, Ōsaka I interviewed my grandmother about the beginning of World War II, when she was only 12 years old. She lived on the outskirts of Ōsaka, so she wasn’t attacked directly. American planes bombed the center of the city in March 1945. She went to school until she was…
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Marika Yo
L16C, Marika Yo ‘04, Yo (Yu) Aiko, Grandmother, 1929, Ōsaka, Wakayama I interviewed my grandmother on November 9, 2002, at my house. She is 73 years old now. When the war started, my grandmother was in fifth grade. She is a Chinese who was born in Japan and has lived in Japan for her whole…