In the early hours of March 10th 1945, Tokyo became the target of the most destructive single air raid in history - a low-altitude US attack that set the city alight and claimed an estimated 100,000 civilian lives. Whilst the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be commemorated in Japan later this year, the firebombing of Tokyo holds a more complex place in Japan's war memory. The elderly survivors of that night continue their struggle to be heard, acknowledged and compensated.
- Guest: Adrian Francis, Australian filmmaker living in Tokyo, director of Paper City (2021)
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