Every year in mid-August, a special feature on war is published on TV and newspapers, and at that time, the number of years after the war is described. Postwar in Japan means the end of the war on August 15, 1945 (Showa 20), when Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration and told all the people that the war was over and Japan was defeated. It is regarded as an anniversary, and from there it will be counted in the form of ○ years after the war.
Therefore, this year 2022 (4th year of Reiwa) is 77 years after the war.
Events until August 15th
April 01: US forces land on the main island of Okinawa. -After that, occupy Okinawa on June 21st.
July 26, Potsdam Declaration-Japan accepts it on August 14
August 06: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 09: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
August 15 Jewel Voice Broadcast (End of War Memorial Day)
How old were you born after the war and how did you live?
Postwar means after August 15, 1945, so even people born in that year are now 77 years old, counting the same as in the postwar era. Since many of us have already reached the age of the elderly and have retired from active duty as working adults, I think that the war is far away from the present. I myself watched special programs in the form of 50 or 60 years after the war, so I am surprised that it has been so long since the 0th year after the war. Gradually, I will no longer hear from people who know the time of the war, such as grandparents, parents, and school teachers, and after that, I will follow the era from the records and testimonies of that time through the media, but even now overseas. Since there are wars and terrorism, even if there is no war in Japan now, as long as there is such a battle somewhere else, the opportunity to think about war and peace will continue forever.
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