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And One Attempts to Carry on “Normally” While Gaza Burns and Melts

Dissident Voice 19 Oct 2023
Katsumoto Saotome, 87, came to the door of his home in the outer reaches of ... Saotome has practiced radicalism of a much quieter kind, insisting on preserving memories that many may prefer to forget.
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Saotome Katsumoto insisted that Japan should not forget

Economist 19 May 2022
Inside it lay the skeletons of six people huddled together. Two were children; some bones were burned ... There was the wife he had not seen for 22 years ... Saotome Katsumoto’s reaction was quite different ... \nMr Saotome was determined to break the silence ... ■ .
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Katsumoto Saotome, who preserved memories of Tokyo firebombing, dies at 90

Japan Times 16 May 2022
He compiled six books of survivors’ recollections of the 1945 attack. He also founded — without government support — a memorial museum ... .
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Katsumoto Saotome, chronicler of Tokyo firebombing, dies at 90

The Washington Post 13 May 2022
Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, has died. He was 90 ... .
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