Far East Cynic

Genbaku no hi

As is my custom on August 6-I try to honor the day that life changed forever in Japan, in an event that haunts them still today.


Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola Gay. In Japan, today is known as Genbaku no hi. That also began a 9 day period when Japan was literally and figuratively on the brink of the abyss. I wrote a detailed post about that time a couple of years ago. GI Korea has a pretty good history of the Atomic Bomb here.

Japan Probe has some pretty good coverage here.

  1. Do they have a similar day regarding December 7, 1941 when they just went ahead and fucked themselves to death by launching a sneak attack on the US?

    Thought not. Probably escaped their raping looting minds. Big crybabies that they are.