People forced to vacate homes for Haneda airport recall memories

People forced to vacate homes for Haneda airport recall memories

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2015, shows Tokyo's Bentenbashi bridge over which local residents crossed in September 1945 when forced to evacuate their homes within 48 hours by U.S.-led occupation forces to make way for the expansion of Haneda airport. Airport facilities and parked planes can be seen in the background. Amid government plans for further expansion of the airport ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, former residents, most over 80 years old, want the public to remember their sacrifices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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    People forced to vacate homes for Haneda airport recall memories

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    Katsumi Hashizume recalls in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2015, how his family and neighbors were ordered by U.S.-led occupation forces to evacuate their homes within 48 hours in September 1945 to make way for the expansion of Haneda airport in the Japanese capital. Amid government plans for further expansion of the airport ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hashizume and other former residents, most over 80 years old, want the public to remember their sacrifices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo