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Total Casualties Nationwide (Urban and Rural) Due to Air Raids, Naval Artillery, etc.

Total Casualties Casualties Due to Air Raids Casualties Due to Naval Artillery, etc.
Total 668,315 665,033 3,282
Totals Urban 629,998 627,675 2,323
Rural 38,317 37,358 959
Total 299,485 297,746 1,739
Fatalities Urban 280,705 279,425 1,280
Rural 18,780 18,321 459
Total 146,204 145,846 358
Heavy Injuries Urban 140,369 140,089 280
Rural 5,835 5,757 78
Total 167,318 166,491 827
Light Injuries Urban 156,692 155,946 746
Rural 10,626 10,545 81
Total 31,298 30,986 312
Unspecified Injuries Urban 28,912 28,912 -
Rural 2,386 2,074 312
Total 24,010 23,964 46
Missing Persons Urban 23,320 23,303 17
Rural 690 661 29

(May 1948 Estimates)

From:
「太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書」、経済安定本部総裁官房企画部調査課。
Overall Report of Damage Sustained by the Nation During the Pacific War
Economic Stabilization Agency, Planning Department, Office of the Secretary General, 1949.
Casualty Types and Causes (as Percentages of Total)

Total Casualties Due to Air Raids Casualties Due to Naval Artillery, etc.
Total 100% 99.50% 0.50%
Fatalities 44.81% 44.55% 0.26%
Heavy Injuries 21.88% 21.82% 0.06%
Light Injuries 25.04% 24.91% 0.13%
Unspecified Injuries 4.68% 4.64% 0.04%
Missing Persons 3.59% 3.58% 0.01%

(May 1948 Estimates)

From:
「太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書」、経済安定本部総裁官房企画部調査課。
Overall Report of Damage Sustained by the Nation During the Pacific War
Economic Stabilization Agency, Planning Department, Office of the Secretary General, 1949.
Urban vs. Rural Percentages for Each Casualty Type

Total Urban Rural


Total 100% 94.27% 5.73%
Fatalities 44.81% 42.00% 2.81%
Heavy Injuries 21.88% 21.00% 0.88%
Light Injuries 25.04% 23.45% 1.59%
Unspecified Injuries 4.68% 4.33% 0.35%
Missing Persons 3.59% 3.49% 0.10%

(May 1948 Estimates)

From:
「太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書」、経済安定本部総裁官房企画部調査課。
Overall Report of Damage Sustained by the Nation During the Pacific War
Economic Stabilization Agency, Planning Department, Office of the Secretary General, 1949.
Areas With Over 10,000 Casualties--Total Casualties and Fatalities Calculated as Percentages of National Totals

Regional Casualties as Percent of Regional Fatalities as Percent of


Total Casualties Fatalities
Casualties Nationwide Fatalities Nationwide
National Total 668,315 100% 299,485 100%
Tokyo 216,988 32.40% 97,031 32.40%
Hiroshima 147,207 22.10% 86,141 28.70%
Nagasaki 69,298 10.40% 26,238 8.80%
Osaka 39,436 5.90% 11,089 3.70%
Hyogo 32,865 4.90% 11,246 3.80%
Aichi 27,120 4.10% 11,324 3.80%
Kanagawa 22,839 3.40% 6,637 2.20%
Shizuoka 16,301 2.40% 6,473 2.10%
Subtotal of Above 572,054 85.60% 256,179 85.50%
Other Areas 96,261 14.40% 43,306 14.50%

(May 1948 Estimates)

From:
「太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書」、経済安定本部総裁官房企画部調査課。
Overall Report of Damage Sustained by the Nation During the Pacific War
Economic Stabilization Agency, Planning Department, Office of the Secretary General, 1949.
Total Casualties and Fatalities as Percentages of 1944 Population

Casualties as Percent of Fatalities as Percent of


Population Population Population in 1944

Hiroshima 7.50% 4.40% 1,962,950


Nagasaki 4.60% 1.80% 1,490,850
Tokyo 3.00% 1.30% 7,271,001
Hyogo 1.00% 0.30% 3,224,376
Kanagawa 0.90% 0.30% 2,474,354
Osaka 0.80% 0.30% 4,412,953
Shizuoka 0.80% 0.30% 2,027,856
Aichi 0.80% 0.30% 3,280,206

(May 1948 Estimates)

From:
「太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書」、経済安定本部総裁官房企画部調査課。
Overall Report of Damage Sustained by the Nation During the Pacific War
Economic Stabilization Agency, Planning Department, Office of the Secretary General, 1949.
Casualties and Population by Prefecture

Total Casualties Fatalities Heavy Injuries Light Injuries Missing Persons Population (1943)
National Totals 668,315 299,485 146,204 167,318 24,010 72,471,836
(+ 31,298 unspecified)
Hokkaido 1,439 835 339 245 20 3,256,157
Aomori 1,821 931 407 483 - 1,009,104
Iwate 1,362 688 70 594 10 1,104,049
Miyagi 3,188 1,170 366 1,570 82 1,275,862
Akita 82 73 9 - - 1,048,769
Yamagata 53 16 3 34 - 1,083,569
Fukushima 1,261 783 262 150 66 1,599,392
Ibaragi 5,876 3,626 818 2,372 60 1,656,678
Tochigi 1,724 543 286 895 - 1,203,679
Gunma 2,647 1,109 514 1,024 - 1,319,517
Saitama 1,676 713 452 503 8 1,647,625
Chiba 3,672 1,719 959 950 44 1,659,345
Tokyo 216,988 97,031 56,629 52,938 6,034 7,271,001
(+ 4,356 unspecified)
Kanagawa 22,839 6,637 16,202 - - 2,474,354
Niigata 1,660 1,188 397 75 - 1,994,817
Toyama 5,975 2,174 411 3,390 - 819,614
Ishikawa 60 35 16 9 - 743,672
Fukui 3,679 1,758 821 1,086 14 621,933
Yamanashi 2,112 1,027 186 899 - 634,897
Nagano 78 32 26 20 - 1,650,511
Gifu 2,471 1,377 378 693 23 1,266,008
Shizuoka 16,301 6,472 2,689 7,129 10 2,027,856
Aichi 27,120 11,324 3,913 11,652 231 3,280,206
Mie 7,349 3,600 1,415 2,334 - 1,209,266
Shiga 187 101 27 52 7 691,972
Kyoto 381 111 97 173 - 1,635,528
Osaka 39,436 11,089 8,866 19,481 - 4,412,953
Hyogo 32,865 11,246 21,619 (unspecified) - 3,224,376
Nara 190 68 90 32 - 606,789
Wakayama 7,066 1,806 1,324 3,931 5 847,388
Tottori 441 120 312 (unspecified) 9 476,284
Shimane 35 19 5 11 - 729,819
Okayama 3,033 1,782 966 158 127 1,333,300
Hiroshima 147,207 86,141 11,131 35,541 14,394 1,962,950
Yamaguchi 6,607 2,568 1,118 2,760 161 1,357,368
Tokushima 2,241 581 425 785 450 703,260
Kagawa 2,147 927 1,034 - 186 713,134
Ehime 3,565 1,346 967 1,252 - 1,186,491
Kochi 1,745 647 274 781 41 693,053
Fukuoka 9,634 4,623 5,011 (unspecified) - 3,066,472
Saga 417 225 57 135 - 705,651
Nagasaki 69,298 26,238 30,400 10,713 1,947 1,490,890
Kumamoto 2,047 1,008 391 633 15 1,371,105
Oita 1,087 550 112 409 16 973,707
Miyazaki 1,267 708 170 389 - 839,556
Kagoshima 5,986 3,719 1,182 1,037 48 1,594,009

(May 1948 Estimates)

From:
「太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書」、経済安定本部総裁官房企画部調査課。
Overall Report of Damage Sustained by the Nation During the Pacific War
Economic Stabilization Agency, Planning Department, Office of the Secretary General, 1949.
Causualty Figures by City (May 1948 Estimates)

. Total . Fatalities . Heavy Injuries . Light Injuries . Missing .Population in 1943

National Totals 668,315 299,485 146,204 167,318 24,010 72,472,836


. 31298
Hokkaido 1,439 835 339 245 20 3,256,157
Hakodate 41 19 12 10 0
Otaru 27 10 7 10 0
Asahigawa 17 1 3 13 0
Muroran 572 393 107 57 15
Kushiro 666 368 186 112 0
Obihiro 9 5 0 4 0
Tomakomai 25 11 8 6 0
Abashiri 16 11 2 3 0
Rumoi 66 17 14 30 5
Aomori 1,821 931 407 483 0 1,009,104
Aomori 1,763 906 391 466 0
Hachinohe 27 14 10 3 0
Rural Districts 31 11 6 14 0
Iwate 1,362 688 70 594 10 1,104,049
Morioka 20 5 2 3 10
Kamaishi 1,145 550 57 538 0
Miyako 7 4 0 3 0
Ichinoseki 36 35 1 0 0
Rural Districts 154 94 10 50 0
Miyagi 3,188 1,170 366 1,570 82 1,275,862
Sendai 2,755 998 278 1,429 50
Ishinonmaki 29 13 4 12 0
Shiogama 22 7 1 14 0
Rural Districts 382 152 83 115 32
Akita 82 73 9 0 0 1,048,769
Akita 78 70 8 0 0
Rural Districts 4 3 1 0 0
Yamagata 53 16 3 34 0 1,083,569
Sakata 53 16 3 34 0
Fukushima 1,261 783 262 150 66 1,599,392
Fukushima 6 1 0 5 0
Koriyama 553 376 177 0 0
Iwaki 32 23 0 9 0
Rural Districts 670 383 85 136 66
Ibaraki 5,876 2,626 818 2,372 60 1,656,678
Mito 1,535 242 144 1,149 0
Hitachi 2,199 1,266 362 571 0
Tsuchiura 188 76 16 74 22
Rural Districts 1,954 1,042 296 578 38
Tochigi 1,724 543 286 895 0 1,203,679
Utsunomiya 1,679 534 282 863 0
Rural Districts 45 9 4 32 0
Gunma 2,647 1,109 514 1,024 0 1,319,517
Maebashi 1,286 570 182 534 0
Takasaki 37 17 9 11 0
Kiryu 1 1 0 0 0
Isesaki 94 21 26 47 0
Rural Districts 1,229 500 297 432 0
. Total . Fatalities . Heavy Injuries . Light Injuries . Missing .Population in 1943

Saitama 1,676 713 452 503 8 1,647,625


Omiya 31 10 0 21 0
Urawa 37 16 16 5 0
Mumagaya 684 334 82 268 0
Kawaguchi 44 17 15 12 0
Kawagoe 22 8 11 3 0
Rural Districts 858 328 328 194 8
Chiba 3,672 1,719 959 950 44 1,659,345
Chiba 1,679 898 743 0 38
Choshi 1,181 332 75 774 0
Ichikawa 21 13 8 0 0
Funabashi 7 1 2 4 0
Tateyama 37 23 0 14 0
Kisarazu 8 3 1 4 0
Matsudo 28 16 12 0 0
Rural Districts 711 433 118 154 6
Tokyo 216,988 97,031 56,629 52,938 6,034 7,271,001
4,356
Chiyoda 5,298 819 559 3,920 0
Chuo 4,908 1,416 1,044 2,445 3
Minato 3,073 1,008 427 1,638 0
Shinjuku 6,355 1,207 2,228 2,918 2
Bunkyo 3,883 586 120 3,108 69
Taito 28,444 11,894 10,699 81 5,770
Sumida 64,227 27,436 34,025 2,766 0
Koto 60,536 39,752 2,153 18,601 30
Shinagawa 3,557 668 1,994 890 5
Meguro 420 153 34 233 0
Ota 2,516 1,284 278 870 84
Setagaya 143 81 27 33 2
Shibuya 5,066 941 4,125 0
Nakano 407 312 23 67 5
Suginami 825 194 61 570 0
Toyoshima 3,300 674 443 2,160 23
Kita 6,008 1,411 624 3,950 23
Arakawa 5,748 772 335 4,641 0
Itabashi 1,199 602 274 323 0
Nerima 98 77 16 5 0
Adachi 404 167 231 6
Katsushika 269 122 147 0 0
Edogawa 5,120 3,798 301 1,021 0
Hachioji 2,900 398 498 2,004 0
Tachikawa 673 280 98 295 0
Musashino 289 266 7 16 0
Rural Districts 1,322 713 214 383 12
Kanagawa 22,839 6,637 16,202 0 0 2,474,354
Yokohama 18,830 4,616 14,214 0 0
Yokosuka 107 17 90 0 0
Kawasaki 2,525 1,001 1,524 0 0
Hiratsuka 518 226 292 0 0
Kamakura 4 2 2 0 0
Fujisawa 58 20 38 0 0
Odawara 90 48 42 0 0
Rural Districts 707 707 0 0 0
. Total . Fatalities . Heavy Injuries . Light Injuries . Missing .Population in 1943

Niigata 1,660 1,188 397 75 0 1994817


Niigata 32 7 20 5 0
Nagaoka 1,493 1,143 350 0 0
Rural Districts 135 38 27 70 0
Toyama 5,975 2,174 411 3,390 0 819,614
Toyama 5,936 2,149 400 3387 0
Tomioka 39 25 11 3 0
Ishikawa 60 35 16 9 0 743,672
Kanazawa 1 1 0 0 0
Rural Districts 59 34 16 9 0
Fukui 3,679 1,758 821 1,086 14 621,933
Fukui 3,143 1,576 481 1,086 0
Tsuruga 536 182 340 0 14
Yamanashi 2,112 1,027 186 899 0 634,897
Kofu 2,112 1,027 186 899 0
Nagano 78 32 26 20 0 1,650,511
Nagano 31 19 5 7 0
Ueda 3 1 2 0 0
Rural Districts 44 12 19 13 0
Gifu 2,471 1,377 378 693 23 1,266,008
Gifu 1,427 870 181 359 17
Ogaki 256 34 59 161 2
Rural Districts 788 473 138 173 4
Shizuoka 16,301 6,473 2,689 7,129 10 2,027,856
Shizuoka 7,451 1,813 830 4,808 0
Hamamatsu 4,149 2,447 771 931 0
Numazu 956 321 187 447 1
Shimizu 754 351 403 0 0
Mishima 2 2 0 0 0
Ito 3 1 1 1 0
Shimoda 49 44 5 0 0
Iwata 222 162 20 39 1
Rural Districts 2,715 1,332 472 903 8
Aichi 27,120 11,324 3,913 11,652 231 3,280,206
Nagoya 18,759 8,076 2,104 8,415 164
Toyohashi 1,248 565 134 538 11
Okazaki 850 156 538 153 3
Ichinomiya 1,536 572 189 757 18
Handa 334 134 40 160 0
Seto 63 19 9 35 0
Kasugai 88 38 10 40 0
Toyokawa 2699 1408 252 1011 28
Tsushima 71 6 13 52 0
Rural Districts 1,472 350 624 491 7
Mie 7,349 3,600 1,415 2,334 0 1,209,266
Tsu 2724 1885 620 219 0
Yokkaichi 2,591 855 299 1,437 0
Kuwana 778 416 139 223 0
Matsusaka 24 10 7 7 0
Ujiyamada 341 101 71 169 0
Suzuka 57 29 21 7 0
Ueno 6 1 1 4 0
Rural Districts 828 303 257 268 0
. Total . Fatalities . Heavy Injuries . Light Injuries . Missing .Population in 1943

Shiga 187 101 27 52 7 691,972


Otsu 59 12 23 24 0
Hikone 26 13 3 10 0
Nagahama 1 1 0 0 0
Rural Districts 101 75 1 18 7
Kyoto 381 111 97 173 0 1,635,528
Kyoto 287 82 82 123 0
Rural Districts 94 29 15 50 0
Osaka 39,436 11,089 8,866 19,481 0 4,412,953
Osaka 35,467 9,246 8,227 17,994 0
Sakai 2,930 1,417 429 1,084 0
Suita 95 26 29 40 0
Fuse 215 26 23 166 0
Toyonaka 311 234 29 48 0
Moriguchi 18 8 3 7 0
Kishiwada 68 21 8 39 0
Hirakata 5 2 3 0 0
Takatsuki 6 0 3 3 0
Izumiotsu 6 2 1 3 0
Ikeda 7 3 2 2 0
Rural Districts 308 104 109 95 0
Hyogo 32,865 11,246 21,619 0 3,224,376
Kobe 23,353 6,789 16564 0
Himeji 1,268 583 685 0
Amagasaki 1,131 471 660 0
Akashi 1,662 1,360 302 0
Nishinomiya 2,672 872 1800 0
Itami 28 6 22 0
Ashiya 1,251 788 463 0
Rural Districts 1,500 377 1,123 0
Nara 190 68 90 32 0 606,789
Nara 7 1 2 4 0
Rural Districts 183 67 88 28 0
Wakayama 7,066 1,806 1,324 3,931 5 847,388
Wakayama 5,964 1,300 1,150 3,514 0
Shingu 318 81 70 167 0
Kainan 51 34 5 12 0
Tanabe 35 21 6 17 0
Rural Districts 698 379 93 221 5
Tottori 441 120 312 9 476,284
Rural Districts 441 120 312 9
Shimane 35 19 5 11 0 729,819
Rural Districts 35 19 5 11 0
Okayama 3,033 1,782 966 158 127 1,333,300
Okayama 2,713 1,678 912 0 123
Tamano 55 8 15 32 0
Rural Districts 265 96 39 126 4
Hiroshima 147,207 86,141 11,131 35,541 14,394 1,962,950
Hiroshima 129,558 78,150 9,428 27,997 13,983
Kure 4,887 1,939 36 2,912 0
Fukuyama 1,107 308 106 693 0
Rural Districts 11,655 5,744 1,561 3,939 411
. Total . Fatalities . Heavy Injuries . Light Injuries . Missing .Population in 1943

Yamaguchi 6,607 2,568 1,118 2,760 161 1,357,368


Shimonoseki 1,383 324 566 493 0
Ube 879 254 132 425 68
Tokuyama 2,001 596 102 1,291 12
Hofu 2 0 0 0 2
Kudamatsu 143 121 19 0 3
Iwakuni 956 696 50 180 30
Onoda 6 5 0 1 0
Hikari 905 369 206 300 30
Rural Districts 332 203 43 70 16
Tokushima 2,241 581 425 785 450 703,260
Tokushima 2,220 570 420 780 450
Rural Districts 21 11 5 5 0
Kagawa 2,147 927 1,034 0 186 713,134
Takamatsu 2,147 927 1,034 0 186
Ehime 3,565 1,346 967 1,252 0 1,186,491
Matsuyama 1,142 383 198 561 0
Imabari 1,285 522 580 183 0
Yawatahama 6 4 1 1 0
Saijo 5 0 1 4 0
Uwajima 623 240 114 269 0
Niihama 104 13 18 73 0
Rural Districts 400 184 55 161 0
Kochi 1,745 647 274 781 43 693,053
Kochi 712 401 95 194 22
Rural Districts 1,033 246 179 587 21
Fukuoka 9,634 4,623 5,011 0 3,066,472
Fukuoka 2,032 953 1079 0
Moji 421 161 260 0
Kokura 201 137 64 0
Yawata 2,952 1,996 956 0
Tobata 150 72 78 0
Wakamatsu 71 19 52 0
Kurume 120 120 0 0
Omuta 2,351 780 1,571 0
Rural Districts 1,336 385 951 0
Saga 417 225 57 135 0 705,651
Saga 51 25 7 19 0
Rural Districts 366 200 50 116 0
Nagasaki 69,298 26,238 30,400 10,713 1,947 1,490,890
Nagasaki 65,680 23,753 30,000 10,000 1,927
Sasebo 1,366 1,030 134 202 0
Shimabara 11 3 5 3 0
Isahaya 10 2 2 6 0
Omura 83 59 6 18 0
Rural Districts 2,148 1,391 253 484 20
Kumamoto 2,047 1,008 391 633 15 1,371,005
Kumamoto 1,034 469 207 345 13
Yatsushiro 63 33 16 14 0
Hitoyoshi 1 0 0 1 0
Arao 56 26 12 18 0
Rural Districts 893 480 156 255 2
. Total . Fatalities . Heavy Injuries . Light Injuries . Missing .Population in 1943

Oita 1,087 550 112 409 16 973,707


Oita 447 177 50 220 0
Nakatsu 65 17 10 30 8
Saiki 95 47 12 29 7
Rural Districts 480 309 40 130 1
Miyazaki 1,267 708 170 389 0 839,556
Miyazaki 290 123 56 111 0
Miyakonojo 96 96 0 0 0
Nobeoka 393 217 45 131 0
Rural Districts 488 272 69 147 0
Kagoshima 5,986 3,719 1,182 1,037 48 1,594,009
Kagoshima 4,267 2,427 1,038 767 35
Sendai 203 72 42 89 0
Kanoya 84 48 23 13 0
Rural Districts 1,432 1,172 79 168 13

From:
「太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書」、経済安定本部総裁官房企画部調査課。
Overall Report of Damage Sustained by the Nation During the Pacific War
Economic Stabilization Agency, Planning Department, Office of the Secretary General, 1949.

Figures for "Rural Districts" were caculated by subtracting the original prefecture totals on the "Casualty Figures by City" chart
from the totals in the "Casualties by Prefecture" chart of the original document (太平洋戦争による我国の被害総合報告書).
Prefectural totals in the above chart have been altered to reflect these rural figures.

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