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Ishinosuke Uwano
Ishinosuke Uwano
Born	October 1922; Ōno, Iwate, Japan
Died	2013 (aged 90–91)
Nationality	Japanese; Ukrainian
Children	3

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Ishinosuke Uwano (上野石之助, Uwano Ishinosuke, October 1922 – 2013) was a soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army and a prisoner of war in the Soviet labour camps, who came to media prominence in April 2006 after it was found that he had been living voluntarily in Ukraine for six decades after the end of World War II. He had been recorded as dead in official Japanese records.

Uwano died in 2013.^[2]

Missing person case

Uwano was stationed in the Japanese half of Sakhalin Island at the end of World War II, and had been in contact with his family as late as 1958.^[3] The last time that Uwano's family saw him was in Sakhalin in 1958.^[4] After that, they lost all contact with him.^[4]

According to Japanese media, Uwano moved to Ukraine in 1965.^[3] He subsequently married a Ukrainian woman and settled in Zhytomyr, where he had three children.^[3]^[4] However, his lack of contact with his family led to the declaration that he was legally dead in 2000.^[1]

Uwano contacted the Japanese embassy in Ukraine in 2006 and returned to Japan.^[4] Because he had been declared legally dead (in Japan), when he returned to Japan to visit family in 2006 he had to enter the country on a Ukrainian passport.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Missing WWII vet returns to Japan". BBC News. 19 April 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "戦後ウクライナで生活した洋野町出身の元日本兵の親族の思い＜岩手県＞" [Thoughts of relatives of former Japanese soldiers from Hirono Town who lived in Ukraine after the war <Iwate Prefecture>]. Yahoo! News (in Japanese). 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Japanese WWII veteran found in Ukraine has reunion with family". USA Today. Associated Press. 20 April 2006. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Japanese WWII soldier found alive". BBC News. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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[return-1] "Missing WWII vet returns to Japan". BBC News. 19 April 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[2] "戦後ウクライナで生活した洋野町出身の元日本兵の親族の思い＜岩手県＞" [Thoughts of relatives of former Japanese soldiers from Hirono Town who lived in Ukraine after the war <Iwate Prefecture>]. Yahoo! News (in Japanese). 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

[192783992Uwano-3] "Japanese WWII veteran found in Ukraine has reunion with family". USA Today. Associated Press. 20 April 2006. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[4916294Uwano-4] "Japanese WWII soldier found alive". BBC News. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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+{{short description|Japanese military officer}}
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 |name= Ishinosuke Uwano
-|birth_date={{Birth year and age|1922|10}}
+|birth_date= October 1922
+|death_date= 2013 (aged 90–91)
-|image=
+|image= Ishinosuke Uwano.jpg
 |caption=
 |birth_place= [[Ōno, Iwate|Ōno]], [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
+|nationality =  {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]]ese<br>{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]
-|unit=
+|awards=
-|commands=
-|awards=
 |relations=
+|children=3<ref name=return>{{cite web |title=Missing WWII vet returns to Japan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4921396.stm |website=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |date=19 April 2006}}</ref>
-|laterwork=
-|children=3
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-{{nihongo |'''Ishinosuke Uwano'''|上野 石之助|Uwano Ishinosuke|extra= October 1922 }} is a former soldier in the [[Japanese Imperial Army]] and a [[prisoner of war]] in the Soviet labour camps, who came to media prominence in April 2006 after it was found that he had been living voluntarily in [[Ukraine]] for six decades after the end of [[World War II]]. He had been recorded as dead in official Japanese databases.
+{{nihongo |'''Ishinosuke Uwano'''|上野 石之助|Uwano Ishinosuke|extra= October 1922 – 2013}} was a soldier in the [[Japanese Imperial Army]] and a [[prisoner of war]] in the Soviet labour camps, who came to media prominence in April 2006 after it was found that he had been living voluntarily in [[Ukraine]] for six decades after the end of [[World War II]]. He had been recorded as dead in official Japanese records.
+Uwano died in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=戦後ウクライナで生活した洋野町出身の元日本兵の親族の思い＜岩手県＞ |trans-title=Thoughts of relatives of former Japanese soldiers from Hirono Town who lived in Ukraine after the war <Iwate Prefecture>|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e5c51996420ae723d5ce04986c38af8b3482923d|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|accessdate=18 March 2022|date=25 February 2022|language=Japanese|archive-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318181137/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e5c51996420ae723d5ce04986c38af8b3482923d|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-==Background==
-Uwano was stationed in the Japanese half of [[Sakhalin Island]] at the end of the war, and had been in contact with his family as late as 1958. He subsequently married a Ukrainian woman and settled in [[Kiev]], where he had three children. However, his lack of contact with his family led to the declaration that he was [[Declared death in absentia|legally dead]] in 2000; as a result, when he returned to Japan to visit family in 2006, he had to enter his homeland on a [[Ukrainian passport]].
+==Missing person case==
-==Disappearance==
+Uwano was stationed in the Japanese half of [[Sakhalin Island]] at the end of [[World War II]], and had been in contact with his family as late as 1958.<ref name="192783992Uwano">{{cite web |title=Japanese WWII veteran found in Ukraine has reunion with family |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-20-japanesesoldier_x.htm |website=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |date=20 April 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015164807/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-20-japanesesoldier_x.htm |agency=[[Associated Press]] |archive-date=2012-10-15 }}</ref> The last time that Uwano's family saw him was in [[Sakhalin]] in 1958.<ref name="4916294Uwano"/> After that, they lost all contact with him.<ref name="4916294Uwano"/>
-The last time that Uwano's family saw him was in [[Sakhalin]] in 1958. After that, they lost all contact with him. He reappeared in [[Ukraine]] in 2006.
+According to Japanese media, Uwano moved to [[Ukrainian SSR|Ukraine]] in 1965.<ref name="192783992Uwano"/> He subsequently married a Ukrainian woman and settled in [[Zhytomyr]], where he had three children.<ref name="192783992Uwano"/><ref name="4916294Uwano"/> However, his lack of contact with his family led to the declaration that he was [[Declared death in absentia|legally dead]] in 2000.<ref name=return/>
+Uwano contacted the [[Embassy of Ukraine in Japan|Japanese embassy in Ukraine]] in 2006 and returned to Japan.<ref name="4916294Uwano">{{cite web |title=Japanese WWII soldier found alive |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4916294.stm |website=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=20 March 2019 |date=18 April 2006}}</ref> Because he had been declared legally dead (in Japan), when he returned to Japan to visit family in 2006 he had to enter the country on a [[Ukrainian passport]].<ref name=return/>
 ==See also==
-* [[Japanese holdout]]
+*[[Japanese holdout]]
-* [[List of solved missing persons cases]]
+*[[List of solved missing person cases: pre-2000|List of solved missing person cases]]
-==External links==
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
-*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4916294.stm "Japanese WWII soldier found alive"], [[BBC News]], 18 April 2006
-*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4921396.stm "Missing WWII vet returns to Japan"], [[BBC News]], 19 April 2006
+{{Authority control}}
-*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article707265.ece "Mr Uwano comes back from the dead to say 'Good Day'"], ''[[The Times]]'', 20 April 2006
+{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
-*[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-20-japanesesoldier_x.htm "Japanese WWII veteran found in Ukraine has reunion with family"], [[The Associated Press]] in ''[[USA Today]]'', 20 April 2006
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+[[Category:2013 deaths]]
 [[Category:Formerly missing people]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Japanese expatriates in the Soviet Union]]
-[[Category:Japanese military personnel of World War II]]
+[[Category:Imperial Japanese Army personnel of World War II]]
 [[Category:Missing person cases in Ukraine]]
 [[Category:People declared dead in absentia]]
-[[Category:People from Kiev]]
+[[Category:People from Zhytomyr]]
 [[Category:Ukrainian people of Japanese descent]]
+[[Category:World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union]]
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