84 years from the 226 incident How to communicate the task to the next generation February 26 18:31

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It was 84 years after the "two and twenty-six incidents" before the war, when young Army officers planned a coup and killed government officials. It is said that the incident has become a major turning point in the history of Showa era, and the issue is how to communicate it to the next generation as the number of stakeholders decreases with aging.

On March 26, a Buddhist ceremony was held at a temple in Minato-ku, Tokyo, where the young officers and their tombs were located. A Buddhist memorial service was held to commemorate the memorial service.

84 years ago, on February 26, 1938, a young army officer attempted a coup to establish a state centered on the Emperor, and temporarily occupied the center of Tokyo. Killed nine government officials.

The incident is said to be the largest military coup in modern Japan, and has since become a major turning point in the history of Showa era as the military's power expanded and rushed to war.

After the incident, the young officers were executed, and the bereaved had performed memorial services every year, but the number of worshipers who had been around 200 50 years ago is decreasing year by year due to aging.

Survivors are discussing future activities, and the challenge is how to communicate the incident to the next generation.

"You can't just kill someone's life"

One of the young officers who was executed, Zenzaburo (94), the younger brother of Ensign Lieutenant Yu Yasuda, said, "Isn't it supposed that the Buddhist Shinkai will eventually disappear? However, the 226 incident itself remains in Japanese history. Considering how to make use of the lessons of the case, I think that the interpretation will differ depending on the person's position, but it is not permissible to take away the life of a person. Hmm. "

"It was a very bad thing for a Japanese country."

The number of survivors of the 226 incident and those who know about those days are decreasing year by year due to aging.

At that time, Shuichiro Nakabayashi, a member of the Navy's land unit, who was dispatched to deal with the army's uprising unit, died last month at the age of 100 at Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture.

At the time, Nakabayashi was only 16 years old when he joined the Navy and watched and watched for young officers in the Ministry of Navy.

Mr. Nakabayashi told NHK last year about the incident, saying, "I was given 300 live ammunition for the first time. If I made a mistake, I would have a city battle with the army and Tokyo. I felt it. "

"I think there was a lot of hard work going out in the middle of youth. My father often said that the 226 incident was a very bad thing for the Japanese country. He said that peace is the most important thing now. " Last June, one of the young officers, Lieutenant Katsuo Tsushima's sister, Tama Hatae, who was executed after the incident, died at the age of 104.

"It was a turning point in the history of Japan going to war."

Hiromi Tanaka, an emeritus professor of the Defense College, who discovered a secret document of the Navy that recorded the 226 incidents in a brilliant manner, commented on the effects of the incident, "At the time, similar internal strife not only in the army but also in the navy. However, in the case of the 226 incident, it was partially organized and unified.By suppressing all dissent and unifying the country, an environment that would facilitate foreign military advancement was created. I think the two and twenty-six incidents arose. "

After that, "After the case was over, we covered many things, mainly the army, and even the information was sealed by the military at the time. I think it is necessary to learn a little more about the time and clarify the meaning of the 226 incident in a way that is possible. "