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Tokyo museum displays items from WWII student conscript

The Wadatsumi no Koe (Voices of Fallen Student Conscripts) memorial museum in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward is exhibiting letters, diaries and other personal effects of young men mobilized to the front. In late July, about 200 items donated by a relative of Itaru Maruo were added, including his memoirs, after the student conscript died in Manchuria on Aug. 30, 1945.
WHO: Wadatsumi no Koe memorial museum; a relative of Itaru Maruo
WHAT: The museum received and displayed about 200 personal items, including memoirs, donated by a relative of WWII student conscript Itaru Maruo.
WHEN: Reported Sep 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM ET
WHERE: Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, Japan
WHY: Cause not yet established.
Sources (1): Japan Times

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