Toyo Kato is Japanese, but she lived in Manchuria (China) during World War II. She didn’t know what was happening around her, nor what they were fleeing from. She never saw any fighting up close, but she witnessed the tragic deaths of her husband, her two daughters, and many other people. After several failed suicide attempts, she found the strength to rebuild her life in Brazil. “Toyo’s War” is a powerful account by a survivor from the periphery of a war. “In
war, there are no exceptions—everyone suffers”—Toyo Kato.