Japan marks 60th anniversary of Tokyo firebombing
Amid recollections of horror and solemn vows of peace, Japan today commemorated the day 60 years ago when US bombers burned Tokyo to the ground in a firebombing that killed 100,000 people, nearly all of them civilians.
Hundreds of survivors burned incense and clasped their hands in prayer for the victims at a memorial hall for the air raid in Tokyo this morning, and a series of speakers pledged to forever avoid the scourge of war.
