Yuki Ikeda

Yuki Ikeda was a Japanese dissident who joined the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Ikeda was involved with the Christian reform movement of Toyohiko Kagawa, and anti-militarist activities. She fled to China, where she married Wataru Kaji.[1] She fled Shanghai along with her husband, Wataru, when the Japanese invaded the city. She worked on the re-education program of Japanese prisoners of war in Chongqing.[2]

Not to be confused with Yuki Ikeda (footballer).

During the war, Ikeda met journalist Edgar Snow and labor activist Koji Ariyoshi.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. Roth, Andrew (1945). Dilemma in Japan. Little, Brown. pp. 162–168.
  2. From Kona to Yenan: The Political Memoirs of Koji Ariyoshi, By Koji Ariyoshi, Alice M. Beechert, Edward D. Beechert page 104-105 ISBN 978-0824823764
  3. From Vagabond to Journalist: Edgar Snow in Asia, 1928-1941 By Robert M. Farnsworth Page 326 -327 ISBN 978-0826210609

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