Shozo Tominaga

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Shozo Tominaga (富永 正三, Tominaga Shōzō, 1914 or 1915 – January 13, 2002)

Japanese war criminal
turned peace activist.

Tominaga served in Manchuria during the

People's Republic of China.[4]

Tominaga was released in 1957 and returned to Japan.[5] That same year, he co-founded a peace activist group[1]

In 2001, shortly prior to his death, he participated in the Japanese documentary film Japanese Devils (Riben guizi).[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Obituary: Shozo Tominaga. Japan Times, January 15, 2002
  2. ^ Reily et al., 305
  3. ^ Article about Tominaga
  4. ^ Cook, 463
  5. ^ Cook 40 says he left Japan in June 1941. Cook 468 says he arrived home 16 years later.
  6. ^ Data at IMDB

Sources

  • Cook, Haruko Taya; Theodore F. Cook (1992). Japan at War: An Oral History. New Press. .
  • Reilly, Kevin Taya; Stephen Kaufman; Angela Bodino (2003). Racism: A Global Reader. M.E. Sharpe. .

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