The articles about other American families tracking down the relatives of Japanese soldiers and returning the mementos and personal affects that were collected by their sons and fathers give me hope that I'll be successful in this journey.
Iwo Jim war vet on souvenier mercy mission
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-13/world/veteran.return.pacific.war_1_souvenirs-iwo-jima-soldiers?_s=PM:WORLD
Guidelines for Handling World War II Artifacts
http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/About/news/artifacts.html
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare - War Victims' Relief
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/index.html#
Request for Investigation of Lost Articles
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BwZruHN-HmzoZjU2MDlhYzEtNjM0Yy00MjJlLWJjNjYtZDhjNmVlNDkzNzQw&hl=en&authkey=CPid6dwI
War's Unfinished Business : He'd Like to Return Japanese Flag Taken From Fallen Soldier
http://articles.latimes.com/print/1994-11-19/local/me-64573_1_dead-japanese-soldier
War, Remembrance and a Flag
http://articles.latimes.com/print/1995-08-06/magazine/tm-31904_1_japanese-flag
Vet returning Japanese flag from WWII
http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080707/NEWS01/647675358/-1/NEWS
Japanese Physician In America Works To Repatriate Pacific War Relics
http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/07/04/japanese-physician-in-america-works-to-repatriate-pacific-war-relics/
Toledo physician has mission to repatriate World War II relics
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070702/NEWS08/707020330/-1/NEWS
Keeper, Japanese family at odds over mementos
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002216448_diary23m.html
Lost and Found -- A Japanese Flag's 65-year Journey Home
http://www.washington.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=pf_output.cfm&file_id=9045
World War II Japanese and Kamikaze lost Flags
http://hubpages.com/hub/World-War-II-Japanese-and-Kamikaze-lost-Flags
Vet's WWII flag returned to Japanese family
http://www.stripes.com/news/vet-s-wwii-flag-returned-to-japanese-family-1.85161
Returning war booty hard work
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?nn20051018f1.htm
A WWII treasure returned to family (sadly this link no longer works)
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