Japan must pay compensation for its actions during World War II.
This opinion was expressed by Helena Pagano. This woman is the great-granddaughter of the chief of the Aleut tribe Attuan Mike Hodikoff, who was starved to death in a Japanese camp.
The story began in 1942, when the Japanese invaded Alaska but managed to occupy only a small portion of U.S. territory, the Associated Press reports.
The captured territories included Attu Island. The leader and other locals were taken to Hokkaido, where they eventually died of starvation and torture.
All these facts have been proven and now Khodikoff's great-granddaughter has put forward a number of demands to the Japanese government.
The woman wants to receive compensation for the death of her ancestor.
In addition, Helena insists that the Japanese invest money in the tribe's cultural center, which is located on the Alaskan mainland.
The activist also wants Japan to help the US authorities clean up Attu Island. She hopes that the region will be repopulated in the future.
There is no information yet on what Japan will respond to this. But journalists note that the Japanese officially offered compensation to the descendants of the Attuan tribe in 1951.
Then Khodikoff's relatives refused the money.
