Graduation certificates help reunite ex-classmates 80 years after Great Tokyo Air Raid


Saku Yamamoto, left, talks with Akiko Masaki in front of Yamamoto’s graduation certificate in Sumida Ward, Tokyo. - The Yomiuri Shimbun via The Japan News/ANN

TOKYO: During the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945, incendiary bombs rained down mercilessly, even on children. While many lives were lost in the flames, classmates were also separated.

Earlier this month, two former classmates met again for the first time in 80 years. Graduation certificates that were delivered to each of them led to the reunion of two women who had survived the Pacific War and are now 92 years old.

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