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Japanese repatriates who were shipped back to the mainland of Japan after Japan surrendered to the Allies in WW2. Hikiagesha means "those who have been lifted and landed" in Japanese. They were treated horribly when they returned to the mainland, almost as if they weren't Japanese because those who resided in the mainland during the war felt they didn't suffer the way they did, b/c they were being bombed by the US.
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