Bringing Closure, One Flag at a Time https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20201008202516214/ A Japanese woman and her American husband are returning long-lost relics of Japanese soldiers who died during WWII to the families they left behind. And it's helping heal the emotional scars of the war, in both Jap...

"Returning relics to heal scars of war" They say time heals all wounds, but sometimes the healing can take decades. Seventy-five years after the end of World War Two, some people are still working to was the pain of those who lost loved ones by returning artifacts taken by the victors. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/e...

Returning Relics to Heal Wounds of War: NHK WORLD- JAPAN News World War II may have ended 75 years ago but many of the emotional wounds remain. NHK World's Yotsumoto Jun reports on a project that aims to heal old wounds by returning relics of the war from across the Pacific. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/...

Daily Astorian: Peace comes from within the heart When British Veteran, Charles Gower Neville contacted OBON SOCIETY, he was 99 years old! We spoke with him directly and he was very happy of this successful result returning the flag. His message to Saito Family was actually he wrote himself on his iPad! (You can re...

OBON SOCIETY had an interview and featured the radio and online versions of NPR news. Here is a link to the story: https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/tidying-past-pandemic-house-cleanings-produce-offers-return-world-war-ii-souvenirs You can watch OBON SOCIETY - Intimate Stories (Episode 2) below link- Greg Murp...

米国コロラド州在住米国人ティムさんが返還を希望された日章旗と軍刀は、２０１９年７月に日章旗のご遺族が判明して返還ができた後、約１年余り色々な手続きを踏まえた末、ようやく軍刀が地元に返還され、２０２０年８月、福井県大野市歴史博物館で敬意をもって保管してもらえることになりました。 Tim Mann re...

米国ニューメキシコ州在住のウィリス・リーさんから返還依頼を受けた日章旗は、秋田県在住の小野裕子様（姪）へ無事に返還されました。下記のリンク先は、７月３日に行われた日章旗返還式の報道です。 横手かまくらエフエム→　http://fmyokote.seesaa.net/article/476048367...