The PDFs below contain various firsthand accounts of air raid experiences. Our thanks to Joan Anderson of Soka Gakkai International–both for bringing the volumes to our attention and for securing copyright permission to feature the following excerpts.
Cries for Peace–Experiences of Japanese Victims of World War II
Compiled by the Youth Division of Soka Gakkai
Translated by Richard L. Gage
The Japan Times, 1978.
Women Against War–Personal Accounts of Forty Japanese Women
Compiled by Women’s Division of Soka Gakkai
Translated by Richard L. Gage
Kodansha International LTD, 1986.