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Posters on the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45 at the Asian Division, Library of Congress

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Yuwu Song, Reference Specialist, Asian Division.) Constituting one of the most destructive conflicts of World War II, the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) started with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, and ended with the surrender of Japan in August 1945. This war marked the culmination of the …

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Who Were the First Japanese to Visit Washington?

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

(The following is a post by Eiichi Ito, reference specialist in the Asian Division.) Every year some 700,000 visitors come to Washington, D.C. to view the famous sakura, the cherry blossoms (a gift from the city of Tokyo in 1912), and to enjoy the events organized throughout the city as part of the National Cherry Blossom …

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