June 23, 2020 at 16:29 JST
A commemorative searchlight tribute called "Heiwa no Hikari no Hashira" shines through the dark sky at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 22. (Ryo Kato)
June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day, when people in the prefecture console the spirits of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. [Read More]
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