Japan and China recently marked 50 years since normalizing diplomatic ties, on Sept. 29, 1972. For the past half a century, the two countries have maintained a close economic relationship while periodically confronting each other or seeking closer ties politically.
Kohei Yamada, an 85-year-old resident of the town of Atsuma in southern Hokkaido, is a Japanese war orphan who was left behind in China amid the chaos of the end of World War II. He returned to Japan after the two countries normalized ties.
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