Japan is a developed country, and many Chinese are willing to become Japanese citizens. Since 2000, about 4,000 New Chinese have acquired Japanese citizenship every year. However, there is a multi-millionaire, originally a Chinese, who later became a Japanese national, and is still willing to travel thousands of miles back to the mainland to find his long-lost relatives, willing to invest in Chinese charity, because he believes that he has the blood of Chinese in his bone marrow.
This Japanese multi-millionaire is called Hikari Toshiaki. In terms of nationality, he is a Japanese. But from the perspective of blood and soul, he is a true and pure Chinese, a distant wanderer who has left his hometown for 40 years.
Why did Hikari leave his hometown and then become a Japanese citizen and become a Japanese multi-millionaire? Everything must start from the war of aggression against China.
Poor childhood
Guang Junming in the story was born in 1935 in a small village in southern Shanxi to an ordinary peasant family.
Guang Junming was born as a boy, which brought a lot of happiness to the peasant family that held the concept of passing on the lineage, and his parents thought that the family had a descendant.
However, when Guang Junming was two years old, that is, in 1937, the all-out War of Resistance broke out, and the Japanese army accelerated the pace of invasion of China. Although Guang Junming's father was an ordinary peasant, he had the lofty idea of defending his family and defending the country, and resolutely joined the army and joined the anti-Japanese army when his son Guang Junming was waddling, and since then Guang Junming has not received news about his father.
Later, Guang Junming's mother was orphaned and widowed, and she raised two children with his sister alone. In the era of war and chaos, the mother's life of raising two children was very difficult, and Guang Junming and his sister's two children were often hungry and hungry.
Although her life is poor, Guang Junming's mother does not complain about the world, but actively loves life. Guang Junming and his sister are also considerate of their mother's difficulties, and the brothers and sisters are also brothers and sisters. Guang Junming loves his sister very much and often takes her to the surrounding villages to play. When his sister is bullied, he will also stand up for the first time to protect his sister. Therefore, although the family lives in poverty, their lives are very warm.
Loss of parents
At that time, Guang Junming's mother was constantly working for the family's food and clothing, but it was simply difficult for a woman to rely on her own strength to support two children! When he was a child, Guang Junming saw that the rich families on the street sent their children to school, and his heart was also very envious. Unfortunately, poor family conditions do not have the opportunity to go to school at all.
Since it was really difficult for her mother to support her brother and sister, she told Guang Junming and made the decision to give her sister away.
Seeing his sister's relatives say goodbye to himself, Guang Junming's heart was sad. However, he knew that the pair of sisters belonged very well. Suffering from a poor life, he also knew that only in this way would his sister have a chance to eat. Because, in times of war, the mother could not support her brothers.
However, when his sister was sent away, the lives of Guang Junming and his mother did not improve much. The mother watched Guang Junming live a poor and destitute life, and her husband was also silent, and could only think of sending him to the army to join the army. Because in any case, as long as you are in the army, at least you have the opportunity to eat.
He joined the national army at the age of eight
Later, by chance, Guang Junming's mother learned that a Nearby town was stationed with a Kuomintang army. Therefore, when my mother was rushing to the market, she encountered this army and learned that it was the 27th Army of the Central Army.
The 27th Army of the Central Army, formerly known as the Central Army Officer School Teaching Corps, was called the "Iron Guard" and was the most typical direct unit of the Central Army before the War of Resistance. At that time, the Zhongtiao Mountains in the south of Shanxi Province, that is, in southern Jin, occupied a very important strategic position in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which was the barrier of the northwest strategic rear area and the Longhai Railway, and it was also the largest anti-Japanese base area of the Nationalist government army in North China. The 27th Army was stationed near Guang Junming's hometown to fight against the Japanese sweep. Especially in 1939, the position of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines became more and more important, and this "Iron Guard" 27th Army participated in the backline operations in Jinnan in the summer.
By chance, Guang Junming's mother also met a lieutenant of the 27th Army named Guo. Then the mother personally took her son to the gate of the barracks and talked to Lieutenant Guo.
After lieutenant Guo learned of the family's pitiful experience, he saw that Guang Junming was too young and was a descendant of a warrior, and decided to let Guang Junming join the army and adopt him as his adopted son, and also promised that when the army settled down, he would fund Guang Junming to go to school.
After that, in order to live, the mother could only bid farewell to her son alone with tears. Although they were separated from each other, in that era of war and chaos, it was also the best arrangement for the parents of poor families for the fate of their children.
In this way, Guang Junming began a wandering life in the army, and Lieutenant Guo named him Guang Junming. In the army, Guang Junming was clever and clever, and he was very pleasing to the officers and men of the army. Especially those soldiers who can't go back to their hometown to visit their families, when they see Guang Junming, they will also think of their children, and they will often tease Guang Junming to play and send some gadgets. Lieutenant Guo also treated him like his own son.
In this way, Guang Junming can also be regarded as a blessing in disguise and live a life of full food. Moreover, every time the army was stationed in a place, Lieutenant Guo sent Guang Junming to study at the local primary school. Guang Junming is also hard-working, intelligent and studious. Although wandering in many places, he learned to write and recite on the way, learned to sing the international anthem, experienced the joy of reading, and had a stronger desire to learn.
Tiger mouth escape
However, in June 1943, in Jiyuan County, Henan Province, Guang Junming's 27th Army was suddenly ambushed and attacked by the 227th Wing of the Japanese 37th Division, and only a small number of people broke through the siege and safely moved to nearby Luoyang. The whereabouts of the military commander, Lieutenant Guo, are also unknown. Many soldiers were killed in battle, and guang junming and 4852 nationalist soldiers were captured and imprisoned by the Japanese army.
Although the 1929 Geneva Conventions expressly prohibit coerced confessions, punishment, ill-treatment, persecution, and hard-working prisoners of war, prisoners of war must be provided with the necessary daily necessities. But in barbaric wars, there are very few countries that can truly abide by this humanitarian convention, and the belligerents will violate the spirit of this convention.
Therefore, the method used by the Japanese army to treat prisoners of war of the 27th Army of the Nationalist Army was massacre. When the Japanese let the captured 4,852 people line up in a long line and stand by the city walls, giving them one last chance to breathe fresh air. At this time of life and death, the goddess of luck fell in love with Guang Junming and pulled him back from the hands of the god of death.
Why can Guang Junming escape the pursuit of the God of Death? The reason is that the main person in charge of the massacre in the Japanese army was an officer named Takahashi, who could not help but think of his brother when he saw the petite child Mitsutoshiaki, who did not know of death, and still showed an innocent smile.
Since the Japanese army invaded China, the policy of the whole people participating in the war was implemented, and Takahashi and his brother also joined the army. Unfortunately, Takahashi's younger brother was unfortunately killed in the Battle of Songhu.
Takahashi thought of his young brother who had died, and the children in his hometown, all as young and ignorant as Mitsutoshi. Therefore, the originally cold-blooded and ruthless Japanese officers showed compassion for Hikari Junming, ordered his men to pull Hikari back from the wall, and then temporarily took him into the army, deciding to raise him personally.
Joined the Japanese army
In this way, Guang Junming had a great difficulty not to die, and got a chance to live. Later, Guang Junming also shaved his head, and the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army also called him "Light Boy", and Guang also became his surname. Because of his poor background, he was very able to endure hardships. Moreover, the cruel war living environment also taught this little child to judge the hour and size up the situation, to observe the color, to look at the tiger's head, and to have a very likable personality. Moreover, in order to win the favor of the Japanese army, he often helped the Japanese soldiers to do everything they could.
In this way, the Japanese and Takahashi officers also got used to his presence. Guang Junming, a Chinese child, was also able to get along harmoniously with the Japanese army. In order to survive, Hikari also spent a lot of effort to learn Japanese.
In the Camp of the Japanese Army, Mitsutoshi meets his future Japanese adoptive father, Masataka Kachi. Kaji Masataka is a military doctor in the Japanese army, and because Hikari Toshiaki often helps him take care of the wounded soldiers, he naturally likes this child. Moreover, Kaji Masataka also knew that Mitsutoshi Akira was an orphan and prisoner of war who had lost his parents in the war, and he survived tenaciously in the chaotic world, and he naturally admired it very much, and naturally developed a good feeling for this child. After observing for a while, Kaji Masataka decided to adopt Mitsutoshi as his adopted son. In this way, As an orphan and prisoner of war persecuted by the war, Guang Junming also had a family relationship in the territory of the Japanese army.
Became a Japanese prisoner of war
In order to further expand its territory, the Japanese army proposed the "Greater East Asia Common Prosperity Circle" plan in August 1940 to occupy the resource supply area of Southeast Asia. At the end of World War II in 1945, the Japanese army launched the "March 9 Coup" against Indochina, occupied some cities in India and Vietnam, disarmed the armed forces of The Colonial Power of Vietnam, France, and overthrew French colonial rule in Vietnam. Later, in June 1945, Japan launched operation Ming against Vietnam, and Kwang Junming arrived in Saigon, Vietnam, with the Japanese combat troops against Vietnam.
However, in August 1945, under the strong attack of the United States and the Soviet Union, the Japanese army finally had to declare surrender, and the Japanese army in Vietnam also surrendered to the Allies.
In this way, Kwang Toshi Myung surrendered to the Allies along with the defeated Japanese army in Vietnam, became a prisoner of war again, and was sent to a shelter in Thailand.
When the Allies interrogated japanese prisoners of war, the Allies did not know how to deal with the identity of the Chinese of Hikari Toshiaki. In the end, the Chinese military can only bring him back to China.
Become the adopted son of a Japanese
At that time, the Chinese military also searched for his relatives based on clues provided by Guang Junming. However, when the Chinese military came to Guang Junming's hometown, it was destroyed by the war, and few people lived in the whole village. When talking about Guang Junming's lineage, the villagers said that there was no one with the surname Guang.
This is not surprising. Because Guang Junming's name was the first to take him in, named by Lieutenant Guo, the commander of the 27th Army. The Japanese army looked at him bald and shouted in passing. Since Guang Junming could not find his biological parents, he could not remember his original name. Unable to find their families, the people in the village did not dare to accept prisoners of war from the Japanese army. Just as the Chinese military was about to contact the orphanage, the Japanese military doctor Masataka Kachi also applied for the adoption of Hikari Toshiaki and took him back to japan.
In view of Guang Junming's situation, the Chinese military agreed to Gadi Zhenglong's adoption application. In this way, Hikari Toshiaki followed his adoptive father to Japan.
Become a multi-millionaire in Japan
After that, Masataka Kachi returned to his hometown of Kumamoto with Mitsutoshi. Located on the island of Kyushu in southern Japan, Kumamoto has a warm climate and is a famous agricultural prefecture in Japan, suitable for survival. Masataka Kaji may have thought that Mitsutoshi had spent the difficult years of the war with him, and gave Mitsutoshiaki Japanese citizenship and treated him as if he were his own child. Such as buying a variety of children's necessary items, like a normal child to go through the procedures for schooling.
In this way, Guang Junming also realized his and his mother's wish, no longer living a wandering life of displacement and living a stable and prosperous life. At the same time, Guang Junming, who is studying in school, also knows the importance of studying hard, even if he has no outstanding talent, he also knows that stupid birds fly first, and he studies harder than anyone else.
Therefore, Guang Junming achieved excellent results when he was studying in school. In April 1955, he stood out with excellent results and was admitted to Kumamoto University of Commerce, which is famous in Japan for cultivating business talents. Later, due to Guang Junming's hard work, he became one of the best high-achieving students in the University of Commerce. After graduation, I also went to work for a very good foreign-funded company in Japan. Due to his strong ability and hard work, his career was also smooth, and he was promoted and soon entered the company's top management.
In 1969, the 34-year-old Hikari Shunming married a Japanese woman, Fanzi, who had a docile personality and solid family conditions, and the two lived happily after marriage.
With the passage of time, Guang Junming has three more children. In 1986, Hikari Toshiaki, who already had one son and two daughters, with the support of his adoptive father Masataka Kaji, decided to start an import and export trading company in Kobe, Japan.
Japan's economy in the 1980s was booming, second only to the United States in the world. Coupled with his keen business acumen, the company became better and better, and his personal assets soon exceeded tens of millions. In this way, no one expected that the orphan who lost his parents in the war and became a prisoner of war would become a well-known entrepreneur in Japan and create tens of millions of fortunes by virtue of his own efforts.
A painstaking search for relatives
However, the wealthy Guang Junming is nostalgic for his childhood memories of his hometown. He misses his hometown in Shanxi, his childhood playmate's sister, and his mother who raised him, and he has not forgotten that he is the blood of Chinese. Therefore, just after the normal diplomatic relations between China and Japan, in October 1986, Guang Junming planned to return to his hometown of Yuncheng in Shanxi province with his adoptive father, Jiadi Zhenglong, to find his relatives.
Forty years of time are flickering, but they have stained the sideburns of the original young Guang Junming. When Guang Junming stepped on his homeland, tears immediately poured out, he understood that this was his motherland and hometown, which also had the blood and affection that he could never give up.
At that time, the local government department in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, attached great importance to the arrival of Guang Junming and his party, and actively used all clues to help Guang Junming find relatives. Following Hikari Toshiaki and his adoptive father is also a Japanese film crew, and they all prepared the title of this documentary, "Distant Mother".
However, Hikari, his adoptive father, and his Japanese friends came confidently, but they achieved disappointing results. Forty years later, time has passed, and the village of that year has undergone earth-shaking changes in the passage of time. All the old people who knew almost all of Hikari Junming's family died of old age in the course of forty years. Therefore, the few traces of family search have also been interrupted.
Although Guang Junming's search for relatives was fruitless. However, his memory vaguely remembers that when his mother sent him into the army, it was raining heavily on that day. The mother's eyes shed tears in the rain, which was a sadness and reluctance to the child. He understood that his mother's approach was not to do it, because everyone had to live, and sending him to the army was also to keep him alive.
Therefore, Guang Junming did not have any resentment towards his mother. Although a search for relatives was unsuccessful, from 1987 to 1994, Guang Junming repeatedly applied to return to China to find his relatives. His search for relatives traveled almost all of China, and he reached his destination with just a clue. He wants to find his father, mother, sister, and Lieutenant Guo, who has the grace of nurturing grace! In this way, from one place to another, he left his footprints in thirty-one provinces in China. However, in that era of chaos, all information was buried, and every time he searched for relatives, he found nothing.
Give back to the motherland and society
He remembered his childhood, due to the spread of war, which caused the separation, displacement, separation of wives and children of ordinary people, and serious losses to people's property. He also saw that the Jinnan region of Shanxi, where his hometown was located, belonged to the forefront of the anti-Japanese front in North China, and it was also one of the areas that were seriously ravaged by the war. However, the traces of the heroic resistance of the anti-Japanese fighters in that year have not been erased, and the blood on the battlefield of those who still remain is stained.
In this way, Guang Junming realized that he should reflect on the harm of war to mankind, and also realized that he should make some contributions to his hometown and the country together with the anti-Japanese fighters of that year.
Therefore, Guang Junming, who became a multi-millionaire, often funded the construction of his hometown and invested a lot of money to establish a large number of education and medical institutions in his hometown of Yuncheng, Shanxi, to provide the poor with the opportunity to go to school and medical treatment, in order to repay the grace of the past. Moreover, although Guang Junming is a Japanese national and has become a Japanese, he often educates his descendants, we come from China, are the descendants of the Chinese nation, the descendants of the dragon, the flow is also the blood of the Chinese, the ancestors are Chinese.
Anti-Japanese photos in the Jinnan region
In his later years, when guang junming enjoyed a quiet retirement life, he could not forget the bumpy life experience of his childhood. He also knew the preciousness of peace in the midst of war, and naturally decided to make some contributions to world peace and to the prosperity and happiness of mankind.
As a result, Guang Junming made up his mind to describe his experience in World War II as a text, and based on his own personal experience, he wrote an autobiography book, "Seven-year-old prisoner, a Chinese teenager's "War and Peace". The book tells the legendary life experience of his childhood in the war, expresses the tragic fate of the people ravaged by the war, and calls on people to pursue peace. The book is currently in its fourth edition and is well loved by readers.
In his later years, he was very happy to see the changes in his hometown, the continuous progress and development, and the continuous improvement of people's living standards.
At the same time, Guang Junming's adoptive father, Kaji Masataka, although he was a military doctor who invaded China, also deeply realized the suffering that war brought to the Chinese people in the war of aggression against China, and in his later years he also devoted himself to the cause of Sino-Japanese friendship and peace, becoming a staunch peace-loving and anti-war person. Since 1992, Jiadi Zhenglong has been going to Guilin, China every year to fund the Sino-Japanese Elderly Marathon, and use his own actions to make due contributions to Sino-Japanese friendly relations.
epilogue
As the saying goes: "It is better to be a peaceful dog than a chaotic world." In the bumpy experience of Guang Junming's childhood, we can also feel the tragic fate of ordinary people's families during the war and chaos of the Republic of China, and we must cherish today's peaceful life. At the same time, we also realize that today's quiet years are bought by countless martyrs with their own blood. We should also love peace and make due contributions to the prosperity of the motherland.