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here is a group of people， abandoned in China as small children because of war， who were brought up by the kind-hearted Chinese people. These “war orphans” are undoubted Japanese， but they speak colloquial Chinese with a northeastern China accent and continued thinking of their homes in China after they returned to live in their native land.
“Japanese orphans” is a term most people are familiar with， but not many know exactly who these people are， what kind of life they lead， nor their stories in detail. They came to the wider public’s knowledge in November 2009 when a delegation visited China to express their gratitude to the Chinese people. Wen Jiabao， then premier of the State Council， received them in Zhongnanhai and took them to visit the Xihua Hall where the late Premier Zhou Enlai once lived and worked. As a result， their stories， sad but full of warmth， once again touched the hearts of Chinese people.
In August 1945， the invading Japanese army suffered repeated defeat and the Japanese Kwangtung Army stationed in Northeast China began large-scale retreat， leaving large numbers of Japanese civilian emigrants to run for their lives unaided.
On the escape route， some parents killed their tiny offspring so that the fugitive contingent would not be discovered. However， many more children got separated from their families in the chaos. Ordinary Chinese people， who had suffered greatly from the wounds of Japanese-inflicted war， still showed their openness by adopting the poor Japanese children， 2，808 altogether， and brought them up.
After China and Japan normalized their diplomatic relations in 1972， the Chinese Government， exerted great efforts to help the “orphans” find their families in Japan and the majority of them eventually went to settle down in their motherland.
Yet， although they returned to their native land， beaming with joy and with their hearts filled with hope， instead of warm concern they encountered the indifference of the Japanese Government and various difficulties such as the language barrier， different habit and customs， etc.
Due to inadequate support for them in terms of Japanese language education and job training， most of the orphans lived in abject poverty and struggled at the bottom of society. Though they missed dearly their homes in the faraway China and their kind-hearted Chinese moms， they could not afford to make a “home visit”.
“We missed our foster parents so much after returning to Japan， but we could not go back to visit them， even when they got ill. This had been mistaken as ingratitude， which was heart-breaking for us，” said Sumie Ikeda， leader of the delegation.
“Japanese orphans” is a term most people are familiar with， but not many know exactly who these people are， what kind of life they lead， nor their stories in detail. They came to the wider public’s knowledge in November 2009 when a delegation visited China to express their gratitude to the Chinese people. Wen Jiabao， then premier of the State Council， received them in Zhongnanhai and took them to visit the Xihua Hall where the late Premier Zhou Enlai once lived and worked. As a result， their stories， sad but full of warmth， once again touched the hearts of Chinese people.
In August 1945， the invading Japanese army suffered repeated defeat and the Japanese Kwangtung Army stationed in Northeast China began large-scale retreat， leaving large numbers of Japanese civilian emigrants to run for their lives unaided.
On the escape route， some parents killed their tiny offspring so that the fugitive contingent would not be discovered. However， many more children got separated from their families in the chaos. Ordinary Chinese people， who had suffered greatly from the wounds of Japanese-inflicted war， still showed their openness by adopting the poor Japanese children， 2，808 altogether， and brought them up.
After China and Japan normalized their diplomatic relations in 1972， the Chinese Government， exerted great efforts to help the “orphans” find their families in Japan and the majority of them eventually went to settle down in their motherland.
Yet， although they returned to their native land， beaming with joy and with their hearts filled with hope， instead of warm concern they encountered the indifference of the Japanese Government and various difficulties such as the language barrier， different habit and customs， etc.
Due to inadequate support for them in terms of Japanese language education and job training， most of the orphans lived in abject poverty and struggled at the bottom of society. Though they missed dearly their homes in the faraway China and their kind-hearted Chinese moms， they could not afford to make a “home visit”.
“We missed our foster parents so much after returning to Japan， but we could not go back to visit them， even when they got ill. This had been mistaken as ingratitude， which was heart-breaking for us，” said Sumie Ikeda， leader of the delegation.