article_snippet: Now 70 years on, new before and after pictures have been released showing how the Japanese capital  recovered after the firebomb strike that killed more than Nagasaki in a single night.
article_snippet: A before and after picture shows the damage to the Matsuya department store in Tokyo and how the Matsuya department store in Tokyo was re-developed after the end of the Second World War .
article_snippet: Japan rushed to rebuild Japan capital city at the end of the war .
highlights_snippet: New then and now pictures have been released showing how Japan recovered following Second World War .