After the September 18 Incident in 1937, Emperor Hirohito promulgated the Tohoku Immigration Policy, which aimed to change the demographic structure of the Tohoku region into a Japanese colony. This policy unfolded a brutal and complicated chapter in the history behind the Japanese diaspora and the Tohoku Pioneer Group.
Japanese expatriates: a helpless choice after losing their homeland.
After Emperor Hirohito issued the surrender order, many Japanese expatriates who were deeply influenced by militaristic ideology chose to commit suicide in despair, while 110,000 women faced another cruel fate. According to a professor at Nanjing Normal University, these women face three main choices.
Lonely Survival: Forced to earn a living in a strange land.
Some chose to live incognito, relying on the wealth they had accumulated in the past, to live in the countryside. However, young people can't bear loneliness, which becomes the choice of a few.
Marriage to the Northeast: The road to marriage that changes fate.
Other women chose to marry local people in Northeast China, trying to integrate into the local society and learn the dialect in order to give birth to pro-Japanese offspring. This choice was a last resort in the historical context of the time.
Ill-fated: brutal exile and serendipity.
In the case of Kodai Kaneko, she was originally married to a military police squad leader at the Mudanjiang Railway Station in the northeast. However, in 1945 the squad leader fled back to Japan, leaving her homeless. Displaced and begging in the Northeast, she was eventually helped by a young man from the Northeast.
Follow-up: The fate and fate of the Japanese diaspora.
With Kakuei Tanaka's visit to China in 1972, Japan offered to bring back to Japan the surviving members of the Tohoku Pioneer Group and their remains, but was more open to future generations. The son left behind by Kodai Kaneko became a little-known story, and he eventually chose to become a Japanese citizen, adding a ray of light to this history.
Epilogue. This period of history has witnessed the change of fate of Japanese expatriates in Northeast China, who made a helpless choice in the cruelty of the war, but also had a glimmer of life. This period of history reminds us to cherish peace and warns us of the cruelty and inadmissibility of war.
The fate of Japanese expatriates in Northeast China paints a profound and tragic historical picture. The situation presented in this article reveals the brutal side of war and the fate of individuals in the tide of history.
First, Emperor Hirohito's immigration policy after the 918 Incident brought about great changes in the Tohoku region. This policy was not only intended to change the demographic structure, but also paved the way for the Japanese colonies. However, this policy has been disastrous for the peasants in the northeast who have been forced to become displaced people. They lost their land, were forced to become homeless vagrants, and even died at the hands of Japanese concentration camps.
For the 110,000 Japanese female expatriates, the surrender brought another tragedy. After Japan's defeat, these women were faced with an extremely difficult choice. Some choose to go incognito, using the wealth they have accumulated in the past to earn a living in the countryside. However, this loneliness and pressure of life took a toll on their young minds. The other part chose to marry the locals of the Northeast and try to integrate into the local society. This choice seemed helpless and unavoidable against the historical background of the time.
The encounter with the gold of the Hondai mentioned in the article is a touching and heartfelt story. She initially chose to marry the head of the gendarmerie squad, but was displaced by the defeat. During her years in exile in the Northeast, she struggled to survive in a strange land, and finally got the help of a young man from the Northeast. Such stories may be just the tip of the iceberg among the many Japanese diaspora, but the individual encounters and the ruthlessness of history reflected behind them are deeply moving.
This article profoundly reveals the devastation and impact of war on the lives of ordinary people. It is not only a review of history, but also a call and commemoration of those individuals who struggled to survive in the torrent of war. It is also a reminder of how precious peace and stability are and that the consequences and suffering of war are something we must never forget. This history tells us that whether in times of war or peace, cherishing life, respecting others, and maintaining peace are all things that each of us should strive to do.
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