After Japan's surrender in 1945, more than 4,000 Japanese children were left behind in China and raised by Chinese foster parents. They share a common name: Japanese "war orphans" in China. At the age 19, Kunihiro Kanou first learned of his identity as a Japanese orphan. He described his feelings at the time as "shocked," "empty," and "lonely." Rather than struggling to accept his Japanese identity, he was more unwilling to accept that he was not Chinese. In those years of food scarcity, Kanou's
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In 1945, following Japan's defeat and surrender, over 4,000 Japanese children were left behind in #China and raised by Chinese parents. They share a collective name—"Japanese orphans left behind in China." Before the age of five, Gao Fengqin’s life was shrouded in darkness. After Japan’s surrender in 1945, her Japanese birth mother, then homeless in China, hid her in a cold coal shed until she was adopted by Chinese foster parents. From then on, the once "abandoned child" became the beloved daug
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【Beyond Blood and Borders | Japanese 'war orphan' Reiko Nakai: China is my hometown that I'll never forget】 After Japan's surrender in 1945, more than 4,000 Japanese children were left behind in China and raised by Chinese foster parents. They share a common name: Japanese “war orphans” in China. Reiko Nakai, who was once known by her Chinese name Zhang Xiling, was adopted by her Chinese foster parents in 1945 when she was three years old. Though she moved to Japan years ago, she has never been
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