Japanese war orphans in Manchuria
Subtitle: forgotten victims of World War II
By: Mayumi Itoh.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230622814
Subjects: Abandoned children -- China -- Manchuria; Orphans -- China -- Manchuria; Japanese -- China -- Manchuria; World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- China -- Manchuria
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Background : illusory empire and great migration campaign; title: Ill-fated diaspora of Japanese farmer-settlers; title: Early postwar era : repatriation of Japanese and international politics; title: Plight of orphans during postwar era; title: Initial search for orphans : volunteer groups and official missions; title: Barriers to repatriation : reestablishing identity and domicile; title: Barriers to repatriation : guarantor/receiver requirement; title: Japanese women left behind in China; title: Orphans' struggles for settlement; title: Struggles of orphans' spouses and offspring; title: New obstacles : retirement and pensions; title: Class-action lawsuits; title: Verdicts; title: Conclusion : orphan issue and Sino-Japanese relations.