New museum for 1945 Tokyo air raid opens on anniversary eve

New museum for 1945 Tokyo air raid opens on anniversary eve

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Katsumoto Saotome addresses an opening ceremony of the Sensai Shiryo (war damage archive) Center, a museum dedicated to the Tokyo air raid in World War II, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on March 9, the eve of the 57th anniversary of the massive U.S. firebombing that razed extensive parts of the Japanese capital and killed an estimated 100,000 people.

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuma Utsunomiya, a former Diet member and advocate of disarmament, died of pneumonia on July 1 at a hospital in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, his family said. He was 93. The Kyodo News file photo was taken in 1989. Utsuomiya, a native of Tokyo, is known for founding the monthly magazine ''Gunshuku Mondai Shiryo'' (Data for Disarmament Issues) in 1980, using his own funds.

New museum for 1945 Tokyo air raid opens on anniversary eve

New museum for 1945 Tokyo air raid opens on anniversary eve

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Katsumoto Saotome addresses an opening ceremony of the Sensai Shiryo (war damage archive) Center, a museum dedicated to the Tokyo air raid in World War II, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on March 9, the eve of the 57th anniversary of the massive U.S. firebombing that razed extensive parts of the Japanese capital and killed an estimated 100,000 people.

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuma Utsunomiya, a former Diet member and advocate of disarmament, died of pneumonia on July 1 at a hospital in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, his family said. He was 93. The Kyodo News file photo was taken in 1989. Utsuomiya, a native of Tokyo, is known for founding the monthly magazine ''Gunshuku Mondai Shiryo'' (Data for Disarmament Issues) in 1980, using his own funds.