. >> reporter: shima is also a member of a group that studies a legendary historical national field. five members planned to go to china this month to participate in the forum. but the forum was canceled amid the violent demonstrations occurring across china. the members decided to go to shanghai anyway to see what it was really like. >> translator: the ordinary chinese people were helpful to us, correcting our chinese pronunciation. we felt no hostility and enjoyed a friendly atmosphere. >> reporter: the members also met their counterparts who have taken part in the forum. this woman says the leader of the group apologized to them and cried about being helpless to prevent the cancellation. >> translator: the chinese people we met said that when the political situation gets bad it's always the people who suffer. so i want politics to be stable. >> reporter: shima and the other members now hope to travel to china at every opportunity to expand the friendship network. >> translator: no matter what the political situation is, we're determined to continue bridging the gap with japan-chin

when you think about what the losses have been in the pacific, and they dug in, huber shima, okinawa,those areas were not even part of japan formally until it figures before that. america looked forward to that. there was no love lost between america and japan. now we are hearing more and more as time goes on, really the extent of antipathy with the japanese, there were massacres on our side as well. , i think there was more hostility of the american people to people to the japanese in the words of the german forces. there is not as part of a decision as we think of it today. i think he was more natural, and i also think it was the right decision and i think that the fact that truman needs to drop the first bomb is driven home by the fact that he needs to drop the second bomb. >> host: this tweet from daniel. what we are would the positions with regard to women's suffrage in voting rights during the 1920 elections, in the 19th amendment. how did that play out in the 1920 elections? >> guest: that is a wonderful question. and it illustrates the point i would like to make about the 1920

when you think about what the losses have been in the pacific, and they dug in, huber shima, okinawa, those areas were not even part of japan formally until it figures before that. america looked forward to that. there was no love lost between america and japan. now we are hearing more and more as time goes on, really the extent of antipathy with the japanese, there were massacres on our side as well. , i think there was more hostility of the american people to people to the japanese in the words of the german forces. there is not as part of a decision as we think of it today. i think he was more natural, and i also think it was the right decision and i think that the fact that truman needs to drop the first bomb is driven home by the fact that he needs to drop the second bomb. >> host: this tweet from daniel. what we are would the positions with regard to women's suffrage in voting rights during the 1920 elections, in the 19th amendment. how did that play out in the 1920 elections? >> guest: that is a wonderful question. and it illustrates the point i would like to make about the 192