Trophies of war heading home: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ataglance/1187/ Meet the people sending battlefield trophies home after 75 years.

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...

2020年10月6日付：中日新聞にて https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/132602 寄せ書き日章旗、遺族の元に揖斐川町の戦没者追悼式で 太平洋戦争で戦地に向かう日本兵に贈られた寄せ書き入りの日章旗が五日、揖斐川町の戦没者遺族に届けられた。 同町三輪の三輪神社であ...

"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...

Daily Californian- OBON SOCIETY: The radical act of empathy https://www.dailycal.org/2020/08/28/the-obon-society-empathy/

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...

昭和４２年にビルマ(現ミャンマー)にて戦没された「荻野正雄 命」日章旗について８月１５日に同紙朝刊にて「荻野正雄様の日章旗が(出身地岡山県倉敷市に)返還されたものの、受け取る遺族が不明」と報じたところ、遺族を名乗る方から申し出の連絡があり、１９日に無事兵士の妹に引き渡された事が報じられました。あらた...

米国インディアナ州在住米国人のクリスティーンさんがOBONソサエティに返還依頼をされた内田曻市様の日章旗は、愛知県在住の内田道子様（姪）のお手元に無事返還されました。 下記リンク先は、８月１９日付 東愛知新聞で掲載された関連記事です。http://www.higashiaichi.co.jp/new...