Many first-hand witness accounts of the atrocity have survived in the 79 years since the bomb was detonated - but one of the most detailed descriptions is preserved in a diary kept by Japanese ...

The diary was deposited with the University of Tokyo in 2019 and became available to the public this year, which marks the 80th year of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 (Dec. 8 ...

During his time at the camp, Syd kept a diary—written in both Japanese and English—that spans four volumes. "What a narrow-minded country Japan is! Aren't they ashamed of interning students ...

studying Japanese literature. At one point, she and other students were mobilized to work in an aircraft parts factory. In the diary, Tanabe documented her mixed emotions toward the wartime nation.