See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/ohito-town-bereaved-family-association-badge.25344/
In the center
遺 for 遺族 - Bereaved Family
In the center
遺 for 遺族 - Bereaved Family
Japan National War-Bereaved Families Association Badges/全国共通遺族会章
Badges together with the original paper wrappers.
全国共通遺族会バッチ - National Bereaved Families Association Badge
全国共通遺族会バッチ - National Bereaved Families Association Badge
The Japan War-Bereaved Families Association /日本遺族会, Nippon Izokukai http://www.nippon-izokukai.jp// is an association in Japan that was set up to represent the interests of relatives of deceased war veterans in the Second World War. Its headquarters are in Kudanminami, Tokyo. The group supports visits to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to pay respects to Japan's war dead.
The Japanese War-Bereaved Families Association has extremely close ties with Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party. The Japanese War-Bereaved Families Association was originally called the Japan Bereaved Family-Welfare Federation and founded in 1947. The organization gained traction through its grassroots efforts gathering the remains of Japanese soldiers throughout Japan throughout the 1970s. As the JWBFA organized and carried out these efforts, it gained the support of the Japanese public, which in turn gave it greater influence. It used this influence on the political party in power, the Liberal Democratic Party, to further their goal of remembering those who lost their lives in service to Japan during the Second World War.
In 2014 the Fukuoka Prefecture chapter of the association called for the A-class war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine to be removed to make the site less controversial. The statement stated that the chapter “hopes that the emperor and empress, as well as the prime minister and all other Japanese nationals, will be able to pay their respects at Yasukuni without reserve”.
The Japanese War-Bereaved Families Association has extremely close ties with Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party. The Japanese War-Bereaved Families Association was originally called the Japan Bereaved Family-Welfare Federation and founded in 1947. The organization gained traction through its grassroots efforts gathering the remains of Japanese soldiers throughout Japan throughout the 1970s. As the JWBFA organized and carried out these efforts, it gained the support of the Japanese public, which in turn gave it greater influence. It used this influence on the political party in power, the Liberal Democratic Party, to further their goal of remembering those who lost their lives in service to Japan during the Second World War.
In 2014 the Fukuoka Prefecture chapter of the association called for the A-class war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine to be removed to make the site less controversial. The statement stated that the chapter “hopes that the emperor and empress, as well as the prime minister and all other Japanese nationals, will be able to pay their respects at Yasukuni without reserve”.