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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (27) Mabalacat West Airfield

Part 27 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: the former naval airfield at Mabalacat from which the Shikishima Unit sortied, the Special Attack Corps memorial, and the author’s 27 years of visits since 1999.
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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (26) The Father of the Nation, “José Rizal,” and His Bond with Japan

Part 26 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: José Rizal’s 1888 visit to Japan and O-Sei-san, the monument in Hibiya Park, the Imperial couple’s visits to the Philippines, and the tribute at the Rizal monument.
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That War and Me (25) Santo Tomas University

Part 25 of "That War and Me": how the Japanese and American forces fought differently, the destruction of old Manila, and the negotiated release of the Santo Tomas internment camp and withdrawal of its Japanese guards.
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That War and Me (24) Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma

Part 24 of "That War and Me": Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, who took Luzon as 14th Army commander, the Bataan Death March, his wife Fujiko’s testimony at the Manila tribunal, and his composed end.
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That War and Me (23) “Ms. Hamako Watanabe” and Muntinlupa

Part 23 of "That War and Me": how singer Hamako Watanabe, carrying "Ah, the Night Deepens in Muntinlupa," worked for the release of Japanese war criminals held in the Philippines, and the devotion of chaplain Kagao Shunin.
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That War and Me (22) The Special Attack Corps

Part 22 of "That War and Me": the Shikishima Unit led by Lt. Seki Yukio that sortied from Mabalacat, the Special Attack Corps monument, Tomiya Shokudo and Torihama Tome at Chiran, and how the dead are remembered.
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That War and Me (21) Two Anti-Japanese Organizations

Part 21 of "That War and Me": the two anti-Japanese organizations born under Japanese occupation of the Philippines — Ramon Magsaysay’s intelligence network and the communist-led Hukbalahap guerrillas — and what became of them after the war.
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That War and Me (20) The Story of Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama

Part 20 of "That War and Me": the monument honoring President Quirino, the author’s link with former Ambassador Koshikawa, and Lieutenant General Shizuo Yokoyama, who served time at Muntinlupa, and his grandson.
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That War and Me (19) A Pioneer, “Mr. Osawa Kiyoshi” (II)

Part 19 of "That War and Me": Osawa Kiyoshi’s wartime injury and captivity, his postwar work uniting Japanese residents of Manila, and his role in building the Japanese cemetery at Muntinlupa.
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That War and Me (18) A Pioneer, “Mr. Osawa Kiyoshi” (I)

Part 18 of "That War and Me": the life of Osawa Kiyoshi, who became a leader of the prewar Japanese community in the Philippines, and his role in the founding of the Japanese-era Republic of the Philippines.