The Japan TimesSep 24, 2025
Hoping to convey the horrors of war, a former resident of Tinian in the Mariana Islands is passing on the tragedy of his father killing his younger sisters during a mass suicide after U.S. forces landed in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/24/japan/history/wwii-tinian-mass-suicide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #marianaislands #hisaoito
World War II survivor bears witness to family tragedy in Tinian mass suicide

Eighty-one years after the mass suicide, the memory of his father killing two of his sisters remains lodged in the survivor's mind, yet he holds no grudge against his father.

The Japan Times