What is Yoko Moriwaki?
{{Infobox person | name = Yoko Moriwaki | image = | caption = | birth_date = 7 June 1932 | birth_place = [[Hiroshima]], [[Empire of Japan]] (modern-day [[Japan]]) | death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1945|08|06}}<br/> (aged 13) | death_place = Hiroshima, Empire of Japan (modern-day Japan) | death_cause = Severe wounds caused by atomic bombing, in possible addition to atomic bomb exposure. | known_for = Keeping a diary during World War II Japan. | nationality = Japanese | occupation = Student | relatives = Koji Hosokawa<br/> (half-brother) }} '''Yoko Moriwaki''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 森脇 横; ''Moriwaki Yōko''; 7 June 1932 – {{death date|df=yes|1945|08|06}}) was a Japanese student who wrote a diary in Hiroshima during World War II. Yoko's diary was first published as a book in 1996. It was first published in English by [[HarperCollins]] in 2013 under the book title ''Yoko's Diary''. == Biography == Yoko Moriwaki was born and raised into a Japanese family in [[Hiroshima]], [[Empire of Japan]] (modern-day [[Japan]]). On 7 December 1941, the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in the Hawaii territory]] (modern-day [[Hawaii]]), in the [[United States]], in a surprise attack, thus marking the beginning of the [[Pacific War]], and also the atrocities and sufferings of Japanese civilians. The situation of the country worsened in 1945, with the bombings of most Japanese cities, in addition to hunger and forced labor for children. In April 1945, Yoko, then 12, began writing a diary. The first entry in her diary is dated 6 April 1945. Shortly after the first entry in her diary, Yoko entered the seventh grade at the Hiroshima Prefectural Girls' HS #1 School (schools in Japan begin in April). In addition to writing about her daily life and feelings, she also wrote about her education in school, and about American war planes flying over Japanese cities. The last entry in her diary is dated 5 August 1945. The ne