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This is a roundup of articles in our series on World War II, known in wartime Japan as the Greater East Asia War. These stories focus on subjects that are not always covered in school textbooks: wartime ideology, occupied territories, espionage, postwar policies, and disturbing incidents from the final years of the war.
Palau, Japan, and the Meaning of Its Flag
One article looks at the claim that the Greater East Asia War was not simply a war of invasion, using Palau as an example.
Palau was once under Japanese administration. Because of that history, some might assume Palau would have negative feelings toward Japan. However, Palau is often described as a pro-Japan country. The article explores why Palau has a favorable view of Japan and introduces one theory about the meaning of the Palauan flag.
The Alleged SSS Policy After Japan’s Defeat
Another article introduces the so-called SSS policy, described as a frightening postwar policy aimed at defeated Japan.
According to this theory, the policy encouraged entertainment and distraction so that ordinary people would lose interest in politics. It is said to have worked by lowering public awareness and weakening Japan and the Japanese people. The article asks whether there is any way to break free from such a policy of making the public passive and uninformed.
Wartime Anecdotes and Richard Sorge, the Legendary Spy
The series also covers Richard Sorge, the legendary Soviet spy who operated in Japan during World War II.
Sorge carried out intelligence work in Japan, was eventually arrested, and was later executed. The articles look at his activities as a spy and ask which country truly benefited most from the war.
Richard Sorge and the Japanese Woman He Loved
Another article focuses on the personal side of the Sorge Incident.
Richard Sorge, the Soviet spy active in wartime Japan, reportedly sent information to the Soviet Union that Japan would not advance north. He was arrested and later executed. The article also tells the story of a Japanese woman he loved.
A Russian Wife Who Supported a Japanese Man After the War
The series also includes a story from postwar Russia.
After the Greater East Asia War ended, one Japanese man was sent to Siberia despite being innocent, according to the article, and could not return to Japan. Although he managed to survive, he remained unable to go home for a long time.
This is the story of Claudia, the Russian wife who devoted herself to supporting him, and the wife in Japan who continued waiting for her husband’s return.
Human Experimentation at Kyushu Imperial University
The darker side of the series turns to the Kyushu University vivisection incident.
In 1945, near the end of the war, human experiments were carried out at the medical faculty of Kyushu Imperial University, now Kyushu University. The article asks what kinds of horrific experiments were performed on prisoners of war.
It is said that anesthesia was used, but young American prisoners were still subjected to vivisection and killed.
Artificial Blood, Seawater Injections, and the Question of Cannibalism
Another article examines claims connected to the same Kyushu University vivisection incident, including whether experiments involving artificial blood were performed.
The incident reportedly involved procedures such as removing a lung from a living prisoner and injecting diluted seawater into blood vessels. Eight prisoners of war died.
After the war, those involved were arrested as war criminals and interrogated. During GHQ investigations and the subsequent trial, an outrageous allegation emerged: cannibalism. The article asks whether the stories about eating human flesh were true.
Japanese Language
第二次世界大戦…大東亜戦争についてのシリーズ記事をまとめてご紹介します！。学校では教えてくれない第二次世界大戦の話です。大東亜戦争・第二次世界大戦の記事。大東亜戦争は侵略戦争ではなかった…パラオの国旗が意味するもの。日本が統治していた国のひとつがパラオです。統治していた国・・・ということは日本の事を嫌っているのではないかと思ってしまいますが、実はパラオは親日国です。パラオが日本を好きな理由とパラオの国旗の意味についてのある説を見てみましょう。
大東亜戦争に敗戦した日本への政策SSS。大東亜戦争に敗れた日本に対して取られた恐ろしい政策SSS政策。これは、娯楽を与えて国民の政治への関心をなくしてしまうというものです。日本と日本人を貶めるこの政策は成功したと言われています。国民を白痴化する政策から脱却する糸口はあるのでしょうか。大戦中の逸話。大東亜戦争の真実~リヒャルト・ゾルゲ 第二次大戦の伝説のスパイ~。大東亜戦争で活躍した旧ソ連のスパイリヒャルトゾルゲは、日本で諜報活動をしたのち、逮捕されて死刑となりました。
伝説のスパイの活動。大東亜戦争真の戦勝国はどこだったのでしょうか。リヒャルト・ゾルゲ～旧ソ連のスパイが愛した日本人女性～。大東亜戦争中の日本でスパイ活動をしていた、伝説の人物”リヒャルトゾルゲ”ゾルゲ事件。旧ソ連に「日本は北進しない」との情報を流して逮捕され、後に死刑になった人物です。そのリヒャルトゾルゲが愛した日本女性がいました。大戦後のロシアで日本人を支えたロシア人妻がいた。大東亜戦争が終わつたときに、無実の罪でシベリアに送られて帰国できなくなってしまった日本人がいました。
なんとか生き延びたもののなかなか帰国できなかった彼を献身的に支えたロシア人妻クラウディアと日本で夫を待ち続けた妻のお話です。人体実験。九州大学生体解剖事件で人工血液の実験が行われていた?!。九州大学生体解剖事件は、大東亜戦争末期の1945年に九州帝国大学(今の九州大学)医学部で行われた人体実験です。捕虜の身体で行われた恐ろしい実験はどんなものだったのでしょうか。麻酔は使われていたそうですが、まだ若いアメリカ人を生体解剖して殺してしまったのです。
九州大学生体解剖事件…人肉を食べたって本当?。生きたままの捕虜にに対して”肺を切除”したり”薄めた海水を血管に注入”したりして8名の捕虜を死亡させた九州大学生体解剖事件ですが、戦後、関係者は戦犯として逮捕され取り調べを受けました。GHQの取り調べと裁判出てきた「人肉食」というとんでもない話は事実だったのでしょうか
