80 Yrs On: Manga Artist Tetsuya Chiba Hopes for No More Wars

   Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the "Ashita no Joe" series, desperately hopes for continued peace as he does not want to see the wartime dire state again.
   Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15, Chiba, 86, said he wants the country to extend its "postwar period to 90-100 years" without getting involved in any war.
   Born in Tokyo in 1939, Chiba soon moved to the then Manchuria city of Mukden, now Shenyang in northeastern China, due to his father's business.
   The situation changed drastically on the day of Imperial Japan's collapse. "I was thrown into the middle of war," he recalls.
   Chinese people started attacking the Japanese-living area in the city in the evening. Among the attackers armed with heavy sticks and swords were men working at a local market who had often spoiled Chiba.

(2025/07/28-19:29)