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Given changes of the war situation, on April 4, 711 islanders were taken by military vessel to the Japanese mainland. Subsequently, following U.S. air raids in June, the remaining residents of Ogasawara, including Chichijima, Hahajima and Iwo Jima, were forcibly evacuated to the mainland by order of the Japanese military. Forced evacuations started on June 30, and continued until early August. Approximately 7,000 people were removed to the mainland. Among the islanders 825 young men were ordered to remain behind to produce and supply food for the military troop stationed on the islands, and after the end of the war, together with Japanese soldiers, they were repatriated to the mainland by the U.S. military. (Ref. 1, 2)
Ref. 1: Ishii Michinori, Ogasawara shoto gaishi (sono 1): Nichibei kosho wo chushin toshite (A Brief History of the Ogasawara Islands (Part 1): Focusing on Japan-U.S. Negotiations), Nanpo Doho Engokai (Assistance Association for Okinawa and Ogasawara and Northern Islands), 1967, pp. 27-30.
Ref. 2: Nanpo Doho Engokai, Ogasawara tomin no genkyo (Current Situation of the Ogasawara Islanders) (Survey of Ogasawara Iwo Jima Kikyo Sokushin Renmei (League of Bonin Evacuees for Hastening Repatriation), 1959, p. 3.
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