Rapatriements et rapatriés. La formation de l'identité du hikiagesha, 1945-1958
Journal: SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository
Year: 2014

After the Second World War, Japan saw the return of more than 6.5 million Japanese nationals, of which about half were civilian overseas residents of Japan’s colonial empire. Japan had no plan for the evacuation of foreign territories in the event of defeat, and but although provisions had been made by the Allies for the repatriation of the military personnel, the return of civilians was initially outside their scope, and left to the Japanese. The Allies would later assign military transports to