This book relates the experiences of the zanryu-hojin - the Japanese civilians, mostly women and children, who were abandoned in Manchuria after the end of the

Between 1932 and 1945, more than 320,000 Japanese emigrated to Manchuria in northeast China with the dream of becoming land-owning farmers. Following the Soviet

Japanese war orphans in Manchuria are the forgotten victims of the Asia-Pacific War and Sino-Japanese relations, and this is an integral part of the Japanese go

This innovative book reveals children's experiences and how they became victims and actors during the twentieth century's biggest conflicts.

This book explores how the relationship between child and parent develops in Japan, from the earliest point in a child’s life, through the transition from fam