What is a "war orphan"?

The so-called "war orphans" refer to Japanese children who followed their parents to the northeast of China during the Japanese invasion of China, were separated from their parents before and after Japan's defeat, and were abandoned in China.

The normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan was in 1972, but it was not until nine years later that the Japanese government began to arrange for a large number of "war orphans" to return to China to help them find their relatives in Japan. It was not until 1994 that Japan passed a law asking the Japanese central and local governments to help resettle war immigrants who want to return to China and help them stand on their own feet. As of June 5438+10, 2485 Japanese "war orphans" have returned to Japan to settle down. Due to the Japanese government's failure to provide them with adequate living expenses, and their age and inability to speak Japanese, many "war orphans" are in trouble, and 90% of them have filed claims.