{
  "id": 827948,
  "title": "How U.S. bombing surveys helped city in Japan grasp civilian sentiments of WWII",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/how-u-s-bombing-surveys-helped-city-in-japan-grasp-civilian",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T01:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/14/japan/history/world-war-ii-81st-anniversary-utsunomiya-bombing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Years of work by a late historian in Tochigi Prefecture's Utsunomiya has shed light on lesser-known impacts of the war on Japanese civilians.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}