With memories of World War II fading 73 years after its end — and with fewer people remaining who have firsthand experience — a suburb in western Tokyo has been working to digitize accounts of survivors.
Videos of survivors recounting the damage caused by air raids, their daily lives during the war and experiences on the battlefield have been released online by the Mitaka Municipal Government and Yahoo Japan Corp.
The Digital Peace Museum website features videos of 31 survivors sharing their experiences in Mitaka, Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as overseas locations such as northeastern China, and Sakhalin and Siberia in what is now Russia.