Bereaved families association - Izokukai

Japanese: 遺族会 - いぞくかい

An organization whose main objectives are to commemorate the souls of fallen soldiers, to collect remains, and to provide welfare for surviving families. The predecessor of the Japan War-Bereaved Families Association, the largest association for surviving families in Japan, was the Japan War-Bereaved Families Welfare Federation, which was formed on November 17, 1947 (Showa 22). The federation worked to restore military pensions and improve support measures for surviving families. On April 30, 1977, the Act on Assistance to Families of War-Wounded, Sick and Dead Soldiers was promulgated and military pensions were restored, and the federation continued to expand its activities, calling for an expansion of the quota for surviving families and an increase in the amount of payments. On March 11, 1978, it became the Japan War-Bereaved Families Association Incorporated Foundation (the first chairman was former Minister of Health and Welfare Hashimoto Ryugo), and became a large organization with sub-organizations in all prefectures.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

戦没軍人の慰霊，遺骨収集，遺族の福祉をおもな目的とする団体。日本最大の遺族会である〈日本遺族会〉の前身は，1947年(昭和22)11月17日に結成された日本遺族厚生連盟である。連盟は，軍人恩給の復活，遺族援護対策の充実等を掲げて活動した。52年4月30日，戦傷病者戦没者遺族等援護法が公布施行されて軍人恩給は復活し，連盟は以後も遺族枠の拡大，支給額の増額を求めて活動を広げた。53年3月11日には，〈財団法人日本遺族会〉となり(初代会長は元厚生大臣橋本竜伍)，全都道府県に下部組織を持つ大組織となった。

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