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Subject: Re: Gifu bombing anniversary?
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:48:29 +0000 (UTC)
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John R. Yamamoto- Wilson <john@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote:
> Mike wrote:

>> Oh, I'm sure he understood; after all, he (Hirohito) never visitted
> Okinawa
>> when it was returned to Japan. He sent his son instead, who was attacked.

> Oh, Hirohito would have known all right. It is Akihito I'm talking about.

Given what I wrote about Akihito and Okinawa, he likely would have understood
as well. Though in his case, he had nothing to do with either the issues
of the British POWs or the treatment of the Okinawans.

Mike