Survivors
Despite the severe losses during the war, some Japanese destroyers survived. They were either scrapped or allocated as war reparation to one of the Allies (China, Netherlands, UK, USA or USSR).
| Ship | Japanese | Class | Fate |
| Kuri | 栗, "chestnut" | Momi | Surrendered September 1945. Mined 8 October 1945 |
| Fuji (Renamed patrol boat No.36 in 1939) | 藤, "wisteria" | Momi | Surrendered August 1945. Ceded to the Netherlands in 1946 and scrapped 1947. |
| Ashi (became training ship Tomariura No.2) | 葦, "reed" | Momi | Surrendered August 1945. Scrapped 1947 |
| Hasu | 蓮, "lotus" | Momi | Surrendered September 1945. Scrapped 1946 |
| Sumire (became training ship Mitaka) | 菫, "violet" | Momi | Surrendered August 1945. Scrapped March 1948 |
| Namikaze | 波風, "wave wind" | Minekaze | Ceded to China 1947and renamed Shen Yang. |
| Okikaze | 沖風, "open sea wind" | Minekaze | Scrapped 1948 |
| Sawakaze | 沢風, "swamp/marsh wind" | Minekaze | Scrapped 1948 |
| Tachikaze | 太刀風, "sword wind" | Minekaze | Scrapped 1947 |
| Yakaze | 矢風, "arrow wind" | Minekaze | Scrapped |
| Yūkaze | 夕風, "evening wind" | Minekaze | Ceded to UK 1947 |
| Harukaze | 春風, "spring wind" | Kamikaze | Scrapped 1947 |
| Kamikaze | 神風, "divine wind" | Kamikaze | Scrapped October 1947 |
| Asagao | 朝顔, "morning glory" | Wakatake | Scrapped June 1948 |
| Ushio | 潮, "tide" | Fubuki | Scrapped August 1948 |
| Hibiki | 響, "echo" | Akatsuki | Ceded to USSR in 1947 and renamed Pritky. Scrapped 1963. |
| Yukikaze | 雪風, "snow wind" | Kagerō | Surrendered August 1945, ceded to China in 1947 and renamed Tang-Ten. Scrapped after grounding in 1970. |
| Suzutsuki | 鈴月, "bell moon" | Akizuki | Scrapped 1948. |
| Fuyutsuki | 冬月, "winter moon" | Akizuki | Scrapped 1948. |
| Hanatsuki | 花月, "flower moon" | Akizuki | Ceded to USA August 1947. Sunk as target off Gotō Islands, Japan February 1948. |
| Yoizuki | 宵月, "early evening moon" | Akizuki | Ceded to China August 1947 and renamed Fen Yang. Scrapped 1963. |
| Harutsuki | 春月, "spring moon" | Akizuki | Surrendered August 1945, ceded to USSR August 1947 and renamed Pospeschny. |
| Natsutsuki | 夏月, "summer moon" | Akizuki | Ceded to UK September 1947. Scrapped 1948. |
| Take | 竹, "bamboo" | Matsu | Ceded to UK July 1947. Scrapped 1948. |
| Maki | 槇, "Chinese black pine" | Matsu | Ceded to UK August 1947. Scrapped 1947. |
| Kiri | 桐, "paulownia" | Matsu | Ceded to USSR July 1947. |
| Sugi | 杉, "cedar" | Matsu | Ceded to China July 1947, renamed Huiyang. Scrapped 1951. |
| Kashi | 樫, "live oak" | Matsu | Ceded to US August 1947. Scrapped 1948 |
| Kaya | 萱, "Japanese nutmeg" | Matsu | Ceded to USSR July 1947. |
| Kaede | 楓, "maple" | Matsu | Ceded to China July 1947, renamed Hengyang. Scrapped 1962. |
| Nara | 楢, "oak" | Matsu | Scrapped 1948. |
| Tsubaki | 椿, "camellia" | Matsu | Scrapped 1948. |
| Keyaki | 欅, "keyaki tree" (zelkova serrata) | Matsu | Ceded to US July 1947. Sunk off Bōsō peninsula as target 1947. |
| Yanagi | 柳, "willow" | Matsu | Scrapped 1948. |
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“I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don’t know how to handle their parents. They see that their parents are traumatized: they scream and don’t react normally.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)
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—Lisel Mueller (b. 1924)