- To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, Japan on Juen 22, 2019 gifted Manipur a museum.
- Imphal Peace Museum is built at Red Hill, about 20 km southwest of Manipur’s capital Imphal.
- Battle of Imphal saw some of the fiercest fighting of World War II at Maibam Lokpa Ching popularly known as Red Hill in 1944.
- Some 70,000 Japanese soldiers, alongside those of Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army, died in battles with the British-led Allied forces in areas around Imphal and Kohima from March to June 1944.
- Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of the Nippon Foundation has funded the museum.
- Among the highlights of the museum is a framed calligraphy by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It reads ‘heiwa’ — meaning peace — in Japanes.
