96-year-old recounts WWII expertise in Fukushima balloon bomb exhibit

In a small nook of Fukushima, an getting old survivor of certainly one of Japan’s most secretive World War II tasks — sending balloon bombs over the Pacific to the U.S. — has lastly determined to share his story, as a part of a particular exhibition.

Toshimizu Ishii, 96, has spent many years carrying the burden of reminiscences he by no means needed to revisit. But now, 80 years after the primary balloons had been launched towards the U.S., he feels a deep sense of urgency.

“If I don’t communicate up now, the story shall be misplaced,” he mentioned.