75 years after the war, rally victims who are not eligible for compensation gathering for relief February 21, 18:17
With the aging of the war-experienced people 75 years after the end of the war, a rally has been held in Tokyo to appeal for the early enactment of laws to support victims of air raids that were not covered by compensation after the war.
The rally was organized by a group of victims of the air raids and gathered about 50 people.
The air raids at the end of the Pacific War affected more than 200 cities nationwide, but after the war, unlike former military personnel, ordinary victims are not eligible for compensation.
At a rally, Yumiko Yoshida, 78, who died in a raid on Tokyo after his parents and sister died and became a war orphaned at the age of three, said, "The war did not protect the most important lives. I want you to listen to it. "
It also adopted an appeal calling for an early enactment of laws to support airstrike victims and a national survey of the damage.
According to Teruko Anno, 80, who lost his left foot in the air raid of Kagoshima Prefecture, "The law is important to prevent another war, and we have been waiting for the enactment. I'm worried about what will happen. "
A 20-year-old woman from Saitama City, who participated in the rally, said, "I heard the victim's words for the first time and realized that it was a problem that we had to tackle in a hurry. I want to spread this problem around and spread it out." I was talking.