旧日本軍の地下壕初公開　シンガポールで戦跡ツアー

　【シンガポール時事】シンガポールで今月、第２次世界大戦中の歴史を紹介する戦跡ツアーが行われる。対象には未公開だった旧日本軍基地内の地下壕などが含まれており、日本統治期の歴史に触れる貴重な機会になりそうだ。

　シンガポールは１９４２年２月１５日、旧日本軍の攻撃で陥落した。「昭南島」と名付けられ終戦までの約３年半、日本統治下に置かれた。国家文化遺産保護局（ＮＨＢ）は陥落の日に合わせた行事を毎年企画しており、今回は旧日本海軍の基地を初めて取り上げた。（2020/02/03-08:04）

Tours to visit sites related to Singapore's history during World War II, including concerning Japan's occupation, will be held this month in the Southeast Asian country.
   In one of the tours, participants will be allowed to visit a dugout at a site used by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy as a base during the war. The site had been closed to the public.
   On Feb. 15, 1942, Japanese troops seized control of Singapore, then part of Britain's colonies. Singapore was under Japanese occupation for three and a half years until Japan surrendered to the Allies in August 1945.
   Singapore's National Heritage Board (NHB) has been holding events annually to remember the day the country fell to the Japanese.
   This year, the board decided to include the former Imperial Japanese Navy base as a destination of its tours to war-related sites for the first time.