Yasukuni
Statue of the first (legendary) Emperor of Japan, Jimmu.
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.JPG "While the \"Nanjing Incident\" is known as a large-scale massacre, Yushukan does not make any mention of killings of civilians, but stresses that after the Japanese capture of Nanjing, \"the citizens of the city were again able to live their lives in peace.\" See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Incident"){kind=small}
.JPG "The Great Exhibition Hall displays two weapons with explosive charges used in suicide attacks, an ooka (manned glider with three rocket engines that fired for nine seconds each) and a kaiten (manned torpedo, seen here on the right) recovered by the U.S. Navy and on permanent loan to the Yushukan. The museum also has a memorial to those who died in the fukuryu special attack corps. These were sailors wearing protective underwater gear who were to be waiting in shallow water to destroy the enemy's landing craft with explosives attached to the top of a bamboo pole. The Navy never deployed this weapon, but many sailors lost their lives in unsuccessful trials of this suicide attack weapon."){kind=small}